Site ammunition defeat in Wuppertal

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The local ammunition defeat in Wuppertal was a local ammunition defeat for the anti-aircraft units stationed in the Wuppertal barracks on the city limits between Radevormwald and Halver . It was used by the German Armed Forces under the designation location munitions defeat 344/2 or also location munitions defeat Wuppertal-Halver .

Location and description

The 24.8 hectare ammunition depot of Defense District Command 34 of Defense District Command III was located in the forest area In der Mark on the city boundary between the two towns of Halver and Radevormwald east of Wuppertal. The on-site ammunition defeat was accessible via an access road from Bundesstraße 229 at Handweiser .

As part of the armaments conversion , the Wuppertal site and the associated site ammunition defeat were given up at the end of 2000 and, after being sold on December 31, 2002, returned to forestry use as recultivated .

Individual evidence

  1. 10 years of troop withdrawal and conversion in North Rhine-Westphalia. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012 ; Retrieved March 21, 2011 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 7 ° 25 ′ 40.1 ″  E