Atlantic Wall Regelbau M184 – Bunker Fitted with Turret for the Cannibalized Battlecruiser Gneisenau

History of the Naval Turret Surplus naval mountings were used to reinforce German coast defenses from Norway to the French Atlantic coast. These included guns from incomplete or disarmed ships like the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin or the battleship Gneisenau. For example, three or four of the Graf Zeppelin’s Dopp MPL C/36 mounts equipped both

Atlantic Wall Regelbau M184 – Bunker With Emplacement for Battlecruiser Turret from Gneisenau

Atlantic Wall Regelbau 634 – Combat bunker with 6 Embrasure Armoured Copula Iron Turret

Armoured copula with six embrasures for machine guns. The sides of the copula are 25 cm thick. The muzzle of the machine gun was mounted in a ball head which fitted exactly into the embrasures. When the embrasures were not in use, they could be closed with heavy shutters. The hole in the top of

Atlantic Wall Regelbau 634 – Battle bunker with 6 Embrasure Reinforced Iron Tower

Armoured copula with six embrasures for machine guns. The sides of the copula are 25 cm thick. The muzzle of the machine gun was mounted in a ball head which fitted exactly into the embrasures. When the embrasures were not in use, they could be closed with heavy shutters. The hole in the top of