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.

Wn72 Vierville-sur-Mer le Casino. Details. 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.

在诺曼底登陆战役中，德军在奥马哈海滩的WN72阵地部署了一座8.8厘米炮堡，这座炮堡装备了PaK 43反坦克炮。PaK 43是二战中德军最强大的反坦克炮之一，其设计源自克虏伯公司，以莱茵金属的8.8厘米Flak 41高射炮为蓝本。

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.

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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.

2002年10月6日 · According to this map, WN72 is right in the way of C/2 RGR, just like you mentioned. I am showing one WN64 on Easy Red. The other is shown on the extreme right of Fox Green.

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