Content Stats & Analytics for @ghost_of_the_westwall

Ghost of the Westwall
@ghost_of_the_westwall

15,140 followers

Regelbau 503 on the Spicher Heights: Today, the Spicherer Höhen are completely forested. And criss-crossed by various footpaths. But if you walk a little off these paths, you can still find the old trenches that connected the individual that connected the individual Westwall bunkers. As a rule, at some point you will also find smaller shelters for the soldiers. for the soldiers. And there are three standard buildings of the type 503 These are machine gun casemates, which were were designed for a total of six soldiers and had all-round observation via a periscope. Some of these still open, so that one can enter the interior. can get inside. Of course, there is nothing left there (except dirt left behind by earlier visitors). But you can see very the structure of this Regelbau. It has a separate separate entrance area with the obligatory gas lock gas lock, a crew room behind it, where the soldiers lived where the soldiers lived, and a storeroom. And there is the so-called fighting room, where a heavy machine gun (installed on a machine gun (installed on a mount) was positioned. The machine-gun room was protected by a 10-centimetre-thick steel plate. steel plate. __________________________________________ #ww2 #ww2history #worldwar2history #woodpicture #wehrmacht #westwall #westfront #wk2 #warrelics #relics #oldrelics #battlerelics #battledamage #historyofworldwar2 #homeland #hobby #hobbyphotography #instavideo #inspiration #instagood #follow4follow #followme #lost #lostplaces #lostplacesgermany #danger #urbex #urbexgermany #urbanexplorer #war