Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
German battery Hannover covered the coastal batteries of Raversijde.đ§đȘ It was equipped by divisional artillery which meant that men and guns (3 x LeFH 10.5) changed each time another division occuppied the battery.
On the site there are three open emplacements made of masonry with a layer of concrete. They all have a wide entrance for the gun and one on either side for the crew. Inside, on either side of the entrance there were recesses 1.4 m wide for storing gas masks, ammo etc.
The Stpâs two gun casemates are Regelbau 611âs. (Gun casemate for field guns (60°) These have a gun-room, two ammunition rooms (one for shells, the other for cartridges). On the other side there is the crew room. The bunker has two entrances, one for the gun and another for the crew. Both entrances are defended by a close-combat room (Nahkampfraum). A Tobruk completes the bunker.
The roof of both casemates is cracked. Probably the Germans or the Canadians gathered the remaining battery ammunition into the bunkers and exploded it. Apart from shell bursts in the roof, there is no other damage. Close to the bunkers there are still various âRommelaspargusâ. These are concrete poles 160 cm high. From February 1944 on they were placed in the fields on the command of Fieldmarshall Erwin Rommel. After one of his inspection tours, he wanted to extend the defences inland. These poles were connected to each other with cables and formed an obstacle against glider landings. Usually these âRommelaspargusâ were of wood, but these are in concrete.
The battery fire control post was that of the former World-War I battery Aachen at the Raversijde site.
During my visit the site was heavily guarded by a large bull.
German battery Hannover covered the coastal batteries of Raversijde.đ§đȘ It was equipped by divisional artillery which meant that men and guns (3 x LeFH 10.5) changed each time another division occuppied the battery.
On the site there are three open emplacements made of masonry with a layer of concrete. They all have a wide entrance for the gun and one on either side for the crew. Inside, on either side of the entrance there were recesses 1.4 m wide for storing gas masks, ammo etc.
The Stpâs two gun casemates are Regelbau 611âs. (Gun casemate for field guns (60°) These have a gun-room, two ammunition rooms (one for shells, the other for cartridges). On the other side there is the crew room. The bunker has two entrances, one for the gun and another for the crew. Both entrances are defended by a close-combat room (Nahkampfraum). A Tobruk completes the bunker.
The roof of both casemates is cracked. Probably the Germans or the Canadians gathered the remaining battery ammunition into the bunkers and exploded it. Apart from shell bursts in the roof, there is no other damage. Close to the bunkers there are still various âRommelaspargusâ. These are concrete poles 160 cm high. From February 1944 on they were placed in the fields on the command of Fieldmarshall Erwin Rommel. After one of his inspection tours, he wanted to extend the defences inland. These poles were connected to each other with cables and formed an obstacle against glider landings. Usually these âRommelaspargusâ were of wood, but these are in concrete.
The battery fire control post was that of the former World-War I battery Aachen at the Raversijde site.
During my visit the site was heavily guarded by a large bull.
