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The Dover Strait coastal guns were long-range coastal artillery batteries that were sited on both sides of the English Channel during the Second World War. The British built several gun positions along the coast of Kent , England while the Germans fortified the Pas-de-Calais in occupied France .
World War I - World War II 130: 130 mm/50 B13 Pattern 1936 Soviet Union: World War II - Cold War 130: 130 53 TK Finland: Cold War Modern 140: 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun Japan: World War II 145: Canon de 145 L modele 1916 Saint-Chamond France: World War I - World War II 149.1: 15 cm SK L/45 German Empire: World War II: 149.1: 15 cm SK C/28 ...
World War II anti-tank guns of Germany (23 P) Pages in category "World War II artillery of Germany" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total.
The Todt Battery, also known as Batterie Todt, was a battery of coastal artillery built by Nazi Germany during World War II, located in the hamlet of Haringzelles, Audinghen, near Cape Gris-Nez, Pas de Calais, France.
The Atlantic Wall (German: Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, during World War II.
The weapon is possibly a German-made 28 cm SK L/40 gun on a coast ... From the Middle Ages until World War II, coastal artillery and naval artillery in the form ...
The Longues-sur-Mer battery (German: Marineküstenbatterie (MKB) Longues-sur-Mer; also designated Widerstandsnest (Wn) 48) [1] is a World War II German coastal artillery battery approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the village of Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy, France.
Positions of German coastal artillery in southern Norway (February 1945) An extensive network of coastal artillery batteries with heavy (>15.5 cm), medium (12-15.5 cm) and light (<12 cm) ordnance was set up around the entire coast. These were typically placed so as to cover the approaches to main population centres and likely landing sites.