A 10-minute drive to the west and we were at the Longues-sur-Mer German Gun Battery. Four German bunkers with guns intact, 300 yards inland, were arranged in a semicircle to maximize the firing range east and west, and are the only original guns remaining in place in the D-Day region.
The guns could fire up to 13 miles at great accuracy and were a major obstacle to the landings at Omaha and Gold beaches.
Ammunition storage bunker
This tobruk would have housed a mortar. It sits on the dirt road right near the firing command post and was used in defense of the complex.
300 meters in front of the battery, directly on the bluff's edge, sits the firing command post. It's actually dug into the cliff's edge and is comprised of two stories.
The ground floor houses the observation post with a crenel (frontal gap) with about a 180 degree angle of view.
It also has a map room, telephone exchange, and sleeping quarters for the gun crew.
The upper floor would have housed the telemetry post (an optical device used to determine the range to a target.) The roof, supported by four steel posts, is 70cm thick. The battery surrendered to the British on June 7th.
A 10-minute drive to the west and we were at the Longues-sur-Mer German Gun Battery. Four German bunkers with guns intact, 300 yards inland, were arranged in a semicircle to maximize the firing range east and west, and are the only original guns remaining in place in the D-Day region. 
The guns could fire up to 13 miles at great accuracy and were a major obstacle to the landings at Omaha and Gold beaches. 
Ammunition storage bunker
This tobruk would have housed a mortar. It sits on the dirt road right near the firing command post and was used in defense of the complex.
300 meters in front of the battery, directly on the bluff's edge, sits the firing command post. It's actually dug into the cliff's edge and is comprised of two stories.
The ground floor houses the observation post with a crenel (frontal gap) with about a 180 degree angle of view. 
It also has a map room, telephone exchange, and sleeping quarters for the gun crew.
The upper floor would have housed the telemetry post (an optical device used to determine the range to a target.) The roof, supported by four steel posts, is 70cm thick. The battery surrendered to the British on June 7th.
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