The 31st Artillery Battery, Poland’s premier pre-war coastal battery with four 152 mm Bofors guns and supporting 75 mm Schneider guns, had fire control facilities that supported its operation in 1939 (The battle of Hel). The battery was originally equipped with two wooden fire control / rangefinder towers used to observe targets at sea and coordinate aiming for the 152,4 mm coastal guns. The primary tower immediately associated with Heliodor Laskowski Artillery Battery No. 31 was originally wooden. These were originally constructed as towered rangefinder positions rather than massive concrete artillery director towers. In later years the wooden constructions were replaced by concrete structures to serve as the artillery director posts for Battery No. 31 during the Battle of Hel (1939).
An adjacent bunker, camouflaged with earth, has been built along with the fire control system for the troops. Ventilation ducts and entrances are visible, but unfortunately, the bunker is blocked off.
Visit
The bunker is free to visit but the tower itself is not accessible. In 2018 you had to leave the paths and walk through the woods, a short walk to the fire control tower.
