Fort Hackenberg
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
an ammunition train..
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
an ammunition train..
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Fort Hackenberg
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
a 105 mm howitzerComment
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Fort Hackenberg
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
A VP90C from FougaComment
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Fort Hackenberg
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
a tank, forgot what model
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Fort Hackenberg
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
a WWI tank dug in the soil and used as an observation postComment
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Fort Hackenberg
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
a little tractor
standing in one of these small side tunnels
buit to absorb some of the shock wave in case of an explosion
in the ammunition storage rooms.Comment
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Fort Hackenberg
One of the ammunition storage rooms. There is a total of 9.
The blast deflecting doors have been removed by german troops
since these rooms were used during the WWII as an industrial
production siteComment
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Fort Hackenberg
Some military equipment is displayed inside the galleries
a half trackComment
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Fort Hackenberg
Blast deflector doors separating the ammunition part from the
rest of the main galleries.
As you see this door is damaged.
In fact german troops had to open the doors and remove
some of the concrete in order to enter the industrial machines.
At the end of war, they eliminated some remaining ammunition by
exploding them.
The blast made this door close (it weighs 7 tonnes). You can see the
result on the door and concrete structure surrounding itComment
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Fort Hackenberg
blast doorComment
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Fort Hackenberg
The walk continued ad we passed next to the central heatingComment
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Fort Hackenberg
central heatingComment
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Fort Hackenberg
Some of the open storage areas were used todisplay dioramas
or material / equipment / relicsComment
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Fort Hackenberg
dioramaComment
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Fort Hackenberg
Officers were spoilt, they had their own kitchen and chefComment
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