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Batterie Wissant

This is Stp Batterie Wissant, number 117. It is situated north of Wissant in the dune at Wrimots. The navy coastal battery (M.S.B.) had at first 17 cm guns which were mounted in open emplacements. That explains the firecontrol type M 120. In 1942 they were replaced by modern 15 cm SKC/28 guns, which had a range of 23 kilometers. The area was liberated in 1944 by the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment. Stp Ludenscheid (Stp 117) was part of the battery, it protected the southern flank with a Pak and a 7,5 cm fieldgun.

It looks like some kind of roadblock, but it is a part of a guncasemate.