Fortification at Syre.

Canonmounts, Bunkers and commandbunker at Syre. Finished in 1943 and built by russian slavelabourers. Five canons of caliber 12.2cm. Crew-bunkers of the type R655. The only such buildings in Norway. The canons had a range of about 21000 meters.

Photographe :
sierravictor
Téléchargé :
2017-01-24
Tags :
Syre karmøy ww2
Appareil :
Canon EOS 300
Pellicule :
Fuji Superia 200 (35mm)
Objectif :
Tamron 28-200 aspherical
Ville :
Syre
Pays/région :
Norway
Albums :
The german WW2-fortification at Syre on the island Karmøy.

7 commentaires

  1. koduckgirl
    koduckgirl ·

    Very interesting cheers and thanx for all the recent visits and likes too

  2. honeygrahams224
    honeygrahams224 ·

    Thank you for the context - it looks like an evil villain's hideout in a movie.

  3. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @honeygrahams224 If I can put something in context it becomes more interesting for visitors to my lomohome I believe. These canons where never fired in anger by the way.

  4. honeygrahams224
    honeygrahams224 ·

    @sierravictor thank you for the information! It is an interesting piece of architecture.

  5. kritsalos
    kritsalos ·

    I thought the marks on the roof were battle wounds, but later saw that you mentioned there was never a battle there...

  6. pmonroe
    pmonroe ·

    Wow. Great shot and interesting history. Thanks, @sierravictor!

  7. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @pmonroe You're welcome! Thanks for the visit and like also! It's funny that. There's always a new story to tell about WW2.

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