Lahn special ammunition dump
The Lahn special ammunition dump existed from 1963 to 1992 in the municipality of Lahn in the Lower Saxony district of Emsland in Germany .
The 170 hectare site was north of the village of Lahn. It stored nuclear weapons , in particular W70, W50 and W52 nuclear warheads (up to a maximum of 400 kilotons of TNT equivalent ).
The 552nd US Army Artillery Group , Sögel site , and the 162nd US Army Ordnance Company , as well as the transport battalion (special weapons) 81 of the Bundeswehr were assigned .
The access to the Lahn nuclear weapons depot was the scene of several demonstrations by the peace movement, in particular by Pax Christi , in the 1980s .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of the Lahn special ammunition dump and the current state of the site , accessed on March 29, 2014.
- ↑ Map of the former nuclear weapons depots in Germany ( memento of the original from October 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 29, 2014.
- ↑ atomwaffen az ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ relict.com
Web links
Commons : Sondermunitionslager Lahn - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′ 53 ″ N , 7 ° 37 ′ 14 ″ E