Wn72 Vierville-sur-Mer le Casino. Wn72 part of the group StP Vierville covering Vierville-sur-Mer and the D1 draw or valley running inland and the easiest way off the beach. The Germans defended this beach with its three Wn's, an 8.8cm Pak 43/41. One of the most powerful guns at the time and many many machine guns.

Wn72 is one of the few remaining bunker sites on Omaha Beach where you can still see one of the types of guns originally positioned here on D-Day. Tucked away inside the heavily fortified R677 casemate at the western end of Omaha Beach is one the most feared weapons of WW2 - the infamous 88mm Pak 43/41 gun.

1 x 8,8 cm protected by a Bunker (finished at 25.04.1944) had the job to guard the beach from the east to the west. The only other 8,8 cm as at WN 72. This is where the National Guard monument is at Vierville. You'll find a Tobruk - mabe for a tank turret, othe sources talk about a 50mm AT-gun. You'll also find some tobruks for Machine guns.

WN or Widerstandsnest 72 is part of the Atlantic Wall. Together with WN 71 and WN 73 it guarded the Dog-1 exit towards Vierville-sur-mer. They were built in 1943-44 . These three German Widerstandsneste are situated in the Dog Green sector which saw some of the heaviest fighting in the morning of june 6, 1944.

“ Wn” is the German abbreviation of Wiederstandnest, which literally means “nest of resistance”. In military terms, this is a strongpoint. This page allows you to discover the different strongpoints of the Atlantic Wall, between the mouth of the Orne to the east and La Hougue in the Cotentin Peninsula to the west.

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The Wn 72 strongpoint is one of the four defensive points of the village of Vierville-sur-Mer. It is located at the northern entrance of the Vierville-sur-Mer valley and consists of a casemate type H677, a casemate with double embrasure for anti-tank guns and another casemate type SK for machine guns, as well as several shelters and tobrouks.

German WW2 Bunker for Widerstandsnest 72, Vierville-sur-Mer, Omaha D-1 Regelbau 677 PaK 88mm 43/41 with Flank Wall and no annex On top - Memorial National Guard - The 29th Infanterie Division (part...

2021年4月6日 · WN 72 - The double LAG with tankturret. As i understand, you measured it, so i will wait, and will be very grateful if you will find some time to draw it. WN 72 - R677, if some of you have plans for this exact one from Vierville, i will try to use them to fix my old model.

An 8.8 cm Pak gun inside the 677 type bunker, Omaha Beach, Normandy.