On Oct 6, 6:02 pm, "Russell W. Barnes" <russell dot barnes at
huttonrow dot co dot uk> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:59:25 -0700, coastwatch wrote:
> > Wonder if those guns are really 15cm, or 6"? Not sure if they would have
> > made their own guns or just bought some in from overseas.
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> If they're German they would've been 150mm, like these ones:http://www.flickr.com/photos/russell_w_b/318483888/in/set-72157603795...
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> The Whitehaven coast-artillery battery used captured French 138mm guns
> during WWII (having sent their four-inchers to the Mumbles), and couldn't
> practice, as ammunition was scarce!  I don't really see the Germans using
> imperial measurements for their weaponry calibres.
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> Russell W. B.http://www.huttonrow.co.ukhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/russell_w_b
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Definitely 150mm, as I said, the guns still have the German makers
plates on them. Bit of a long way to go fro a visit, but I was staying
in Copenhagen, and it is moderately easy to get to by public
transport, by taking the S-train then the local train to Rodvig, about
an hour. The fort is about a mile from the village, either by road, or
by the coastal path, which will take you to the turret ouside the
compound. If you have an interest in geology, the famous location of
the K=T boundary, Stevns Clint is nearby too.   The Museum has a small
cinema, showing films about the Cold war in Danish, and shop selling a
number of books, some in English about the site and Denmark in the
Cold War. Interestingly the underground stuff was operated by the
Danish Navy, that above ground was operated by the Danish Army.

TTFN

Nigel