Coastal gun battery (WW2) (Baltiysk) | abandoned / shut down, fortification, artillery, interesting place

 abandoned / shut down, fortification, artillery, interesting place

Coastal artillery battery "Battery 9 (Sud)"

Coastal artillery battery, built in 1888 by engineer K. Rosengart, 150 meters from the Swedish fortress of Pillau and 300 meters from the seashore.

At the same time, the coastal artillery battery also has elements characteristic of forts: a defensive moat in front of the front of the battery, elements for supporting the life of the garrison (a drinking well), and accommodation for artillerymen.

The coastal battery was armed with coastal guns with a caliber of 10-12 inches (230-305 mm) on an iron gun carriage.

In 1921, the fortifications were transferred to the German naval forces. On the eve of and during the Second World War, new fortifications appeared in them: artillery positions, trenches, communication passages, observation towers, numerous embrasures, loopholes and a large number of long-term firing points.

During World War II, reinforced concrete bunkers were built over the southern and northern structures on the left and right flanks of the battery.

A battery mechanized according to the latest technology: with armored doors, with two-meter walls and ceilings, which, in addition to radars and rangefinders, had their own underground facilities: repair shops, artillery cellars, an engine room, a switchboard, a radio room, a boiler room, a washbasin, a dining room, and bedrooms for soldiers and separately for officers, spare tanks with water, fuel storage, water supply, sewerage, ventilation, air heater for heating the air. The batteries were disguised with nets of artificial leaves and needles that did not burn out from sunlight.


As a result of the assault, many structures were destroyed. There are currently no guns with carriages; the parapets of the gun yards were partially dismantled; the bases for the axle of the gun carriages were dismantled; on five of the six gun yards, the running sectors of the carriages were dismantled; there are no metal doors and shutters on the windows of the artillery cellars; broken partitions in two powder magazines.