Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France



Damaged Regelbau 667 at Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France

Widerstandsnest (Wn.) number 81 lies at the former Normandy D-day landings beach of Omaha at the French coast. It is a smaller resistance point consisting of a Regelbau 667, small embrasured emplacement for a 5 cm KwK anti-tank gun. A ringstand for a 5 cm KwK, a Vf KwK 5 for a 5 cm anti-tank gun, an anti-tank wall and a Fa shelter.

Wn. 81 was part of Stützpunkt Grandcamp of which Widerstandsnest 82 “Le Casino” further along the coast to the West also belongs.

Regelbau 667 Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Anti-tank wall and the Regelbau 667 – Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Regelbau 667  Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Tobruk in the tank wall – Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Tobruk and anti-tank wall at Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Widerstandsnest 82 in the back – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Anti-tank wall and the Regelbau 667- Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Damaged Regelbau 667 at Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Regelbau 667 at  and anti-tank wall – Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Regelbau 667 at Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France
Regelbau 667 at Widerstandsnest 81, Wn 81 – Grandcamp-Maisy, France

Visit

In 2014 the bunkers were open, demolished and filled up with earth. We stopped here after our visit to Battery Maisy.


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