maxell Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) Vickers MG emplacement. Edited November 29, 2009 by maxell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Found this some time ago, a Vickers MG emplacement. Now they must have been taken in the summer,.........would need yer wellys to get to it, today......... This ones just up the road from me...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxell Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Now they must have been taken in the summer,.........would need yer wellys to get to it, today......... This ones just up the road from me...... LeeEnfield, do you know if there is another one in the same sort of area, as I was told there were two but couldnt find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 there is another one near the dicker roundabout.. head towards eastbourne and its on the field on left hand side of the carraigeway just past the river.. cant miss it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotBed Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 i used to make silage in the field it stands in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 oh, I can smell the history.. sorry could not resist that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 there is another one near the dicker roundabout.. head towards eastbourne and its on the field on left hand side of the carraigeway just past the river.. cant miss it The rule of thumb is, Generally: Pillboxes were contructed in a set of three. That way, you had interlocking arcs of fire. And each emplacement could cover it's neighbor.:-\ Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Unfortunatly I have to correct you there. Pillboxes were constructed on stop lines to stop advances of enermy forces. You may have just noticed three, they would span in lines following rivers and railways inland. Some were just constructed in strategic areas to cover bridges and areas of importance. This is why when you enter a stop line pillbox it has a number for exmple "A274" and they would run in sequence. From memory this is because of the old scale 1" maps could have multiples in close proxy of each other,to enable troops to man the correct one(locating at night etc) Coastal pillboxes do complement each other with arcs of line of sight as they have one common frontage, but inland it was to stop advances and slow incoming forces. But no link to groupings of three hope that helps Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotBed Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 would t it be nice if there was just one thread on pilboxes, so you could click on it and have everything pillboxey all together............ :whistle: is that possible......or just a headache for the mods :-D regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 We should do a location and picture only thread.. just post a picture and a location.. just an album.. i think would be hard to have a thread.. maybe a section on WW2 pillboxes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxell Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Heres just afew more shots of this taken today for those interested. Internals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxell Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 And just to show how water logged it was today!! Anyone have any idea what these hooks were for?! The commanding views out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Was going to ask you of you'd been wearing your wet suit. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I think those 'hooks' are just where the openings have been modified with a sledge hammer from the outside and so exposed the rebar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 The hooks I would say are the reinforce steel mesh inside the concrete from construction. Is this the same box from the first set of pictures>? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxell Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Is this the same box from the first set of pictures>? Yes it is Paul. But less covered in greenery. Was going to ask you of you'd been wearing your wet suit. Lol . You certainly catch the wind there aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I hope your Germany army boots kept the water out well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotBed Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 the hooks are there so you can hang your boots up to dry :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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