The remains of the German coastal battery "Fort Kiberg" of the Second World War period

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In the summer of 1941, Kriegsmarine began construction of a Kiberg coastal battery near the village of the same name, 10 km south of Vardo in northern Norway. It consisted of three 280-mm inscribed guns: Scharnhorst, Moltke and Gneisenau, released during the First World War. However, the range of their fire could reach 34 km. The guns were mounted in rectangular armored towers and installed in cast concrete open rings. Calculations and ammunition were placed in bunkers for guns. The positions of the guns concealed camouflage screens. The battery also contained 150-mm guns, three 75-mm guns in casemates, two 75-mm field guns, three 40-mm and eight 20-mm anti-aircraft guns and 7 anti-aircraft searchlights. Battery garrison was 700 people. The armament of the battery was so strong that in German documents it was called "Fort Kiberg". In January 1943, the battery shot the Soviet submarine, and in July, repulsed the landing of troops. In October 1944, the battery was blown up by its own garrison. After the war, it was cleared of ammunition, and bunkers, almost all remained abandoned.