Hel, Poland - site of 406 mm coastal battery

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mario33
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Hel, Poland - site of 406 mm coastal battery

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Yes, its called Hell ;) Its a small town on Polish coast where in 1940 the Germans installed the impressive 406 mm 'Adolfkanone' with range of 56 km. There were three sites of them and one of them has been recently restored and opened for visitors, together with targeting tower not far away.

The actual guns just shot once (for practice) and were later moved (!!!) to the Atlantic Wall in 1942 as I remember correctly.

Looks like this:
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Diagram shows the gun size:
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Model of the gun:
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Fire directing and targeting tower:
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Any 'how to post a photo' ideas ? :x
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I've no idea what you did, but the urls were live so I've copied them into my photobucket account and hosted them there, if that's ok with you.


Looks like this:
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Diagram shows the gun size:
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Model of the gun:
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Fire directing and targeting tower:
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