Ludendorff group of works

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The group of works "Ludendorff" is one of the 13 groups of works on the Oder-Warthe-Bogen fortress front .

description

The group of works “LUDENDORFF” was part of the Nischlitz-Obra-Line before it was included in the fortress front Oder-Warthe-Bogen . At that time it originally consisted of a main plant, to which two objects of approximately equal strength were connected with hollow passages. It is enclosed on three sides by the Obra river . These three works all had the number 522. They were incorporated into the fortress front Oder-Warthe-Bogen (FFOWB) and received new numbers. The two-storey "main factory" (construction period 1935-1936) in stage B old (1.50 meters wall thickness) was given the number 865. This was followed by a three-storey factory with a three-bay tower for machine guns (2 P7) with number 867 and a Pak casemate for 3.7 cm anti-tank gun (29 P8) with three-notch turret for machine guns (2 P7) with the number 866. Plant 865 had a six-notch turret for two machine guns (20 P7) and two notch plates (10 P7) to defend the two entrances . The connecting corridors consist of precast concrete parts 0.5 meters in length.

View into the shaft of Panzerwerk 868

The other plants were only created later in the course of the expansion of the FFOWB . These are the works 868 and 863 connected to the entrance structure 864 (machine grenade launcher M19 in armored tower 424 P01, armored tower for infantry observation 52 P8, Schartenplatte 7 P7) as well as a combat post for a 4.7 cm PaK 36 (t) , which connects the canal 820 could coat lengthways. The construction time for these objects can be set at 1937–1938. The single-storey plant 868 housed an armored turret for artillery observation (21 P7). Plant 863 was a four-story combat block with a three-chart turret for machine guns (2 P7). In these newer structures, the connecting ducts are cast in concrete.

This group of works was also permanently blown up, but the tank turret of the M19, a tank turret 2 P7 and the bedding of the anti-tank gun can still be found here. A machine gun notch plate 403 P9 should be at the entrance to 868.

The Dreischartenturm 2 P7 from Panzerwerk 867

Works

Panzerwerk 868

  • Condition: completely blown up
  • Floors: one
  • Hollow passage connection: yes
  • Tank components: 1 × tank turret for artillery observation (21 P7)

Panzerwerk 867

The bedding for Festungspak 3.7 cm preserved in Panzerwerk 866
  • Condition: almost completely intact
  • Floors: three
  • Hollow passage connection: yes
  • Tank components: 1 × three-charter turret for a machine gun (2 P7)

Panzerwerk 866

  • Condition: partially blown up
  • Floors: one
  • Hollow passage connection: yes
  • Armor parts: 1 × three-chart turret for a machine gun (2 P7), 1 × PAK casemate with notch front plate and ceiling plate (29 P8)

Armored factory 865

View of the 865 tank factory
  • Condition: mostly blown up
  • Floors: two
  • Hollow passage connection: yes
  • Armored components: 1 × six-slot turret for two machine guns (20 P7), 2 × steel slot plate for machine guns (10 P7), 1 × rifle loop lock (48 P8)

Panzerwerk 864

  • Condition: completely blown up
  • Floors: one
  • Hollow passage connection: yes
  • Armored components: 1 × steel loop plate (7 P7), 2 × rifle loop lock (48 P8), 1 × armored turret for infantry observation (52 P8), 1 × rifle loop lock (57 P8), 1 × armored turret for machine grenade launcher M19 (424 P01), 1 × steel ring for fortress flamethrowers (420 P9)

Panzerwerk 863

  • Condition: partially blown up
  • Floors: four
  • Hollow passage connection: yes
  • Armor parts: 1 × three-point turret for a machine gun (2 P7), 1 × rifle loop lock (48 P8)

literature

  • Dieter Bettinger, Martin Büren: The West Wall. The history of the German western fortifications in the Third Reich. 2 volumes. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1458-6 .
  • Kurt Burk: The German state fortifications in the east 1919–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2425-5 .
  • Marcin Dudek, Jerzy Sadowski, Sebastian Rosenbaum: Pancerze fortyfikacji niemieckich z lat 1934–1941. Atlas Pancerzy. = Panzer Atlas. inforteditions, Gliwice / Gleiwitz 2006, ISBN 83-922687-1-7 .
  • Günther Fischer: The fortress front Oder-Warthe-Bogen and the tunnel system Hochwalde. In: publication series fortress research. 7, 1988, ISSN  0723-2039 , pp. 175-200.
  • Jörg Fuhrmeister: The new tank atlas. 2 volumes. Study group Interfest e. V., Saarbrücken 1996–1997, ( Fortification Special Edition 4).
  • Anna Kędryna, Robert Jurga: Grupa Warowna "Ludendorff". Międzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony. = "Ludendorff" group of works. Fortress front Oder-Warthe-Bogen. = The Fortified Group "Ludendorff". Fortyfication Front Line O.-W.-B. Donjon, Krakau 1995, ISBN 83-86489-04-9 , ( Series Fortyfikacja 3).
  • Janusz Miniewicz, Bogusław Perzyk: Miedzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony. The fortress front Oder-Warthe-Bogen. (The Fortified Front Of The Odra-Warta Rivers). 1934-1945. MEGI, Warsaw 1993, ISBN 83-900868-0-8 .

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