Living festung Brest

[jujuy]

Here are some pics shot today
A marine bunker

[jujuy]

barrel

The 105 mm barrel in the sea since 60 year after being exploesd by the US pioneers

[jujuy]

Hole

A little hole made by an american airplane machine gun....

[jujuy]

and

the US .50 machine gun bullet found near the bunker today. It stayed 59 years on the ground and it is now in my home...
Philippe

[jujuy]

trashed

This one is very trashed...

[ccmax]

Beautiful photos, thanks a lot for posting.

Just one curiosity, how did you find out the pock mark on the concrete was from a plane??

[jujuy]

bullet

It could not be a .30, and the angle of the shot need to come from the air or the sea. But no ships could entered in the port, and no armored vehicles could access to the bunker.
It is very usefull to encountered .50 shot bullet on the ground aroud the bunkers
Hope this help
Philippe

[Phil_C]

Nice photo's,

Studying German second world war bunkers and fortifications is something I am very interested in, but living in the UK I hardly get the chance to see any, is it still possible to find stuff in or around bunkers i.e. equipment and helmets etc? I was a massive bunker when I went to Crete 3 years ago, it went right into the mountain side, although I didb't have a touch so I didn't go in.

Phil