Emplacement Vill13 2

France / Basse-Normandie / Benerville-sur-Mer /
 Second World War 1939-1945, bunker
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German WW2 Atlantikwall Bunker, Stützpunkt Vill 017, Mont Canisy
Type Open Emplacement fro 15,5 cm K 420 (f) 
There are 6 emplacemnts. built by the french in the inter war years. The rest are overgrown
Mont Canisy was a Heer Batterie and was known to the Allies as Bénerville Batterie.
The Batterie had three 15,5 cm K 420 (f) housed in type 679 Casemates. In behind the three gun Casemates were six open gun emplacements, one of which was equipped with a 155mm gun on D-day.
The guns of French origin, introduced in 1917 and known as Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) were also unable to shell Sword beach, because that distance is 24 km.
Sources:
bunkersite.com/locations/france/basnormandie/open-ville...
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/mont_canisy1.htm
www.mont-canisy.org/la_batterie_francaise_255.htm
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Canisy_battery
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Coordinates:   49°20'18"N   0°2'37"E
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