Vasouy Map 1711 OT W49 25.115 E000.11.735
Situated on the west bank of the River Seine protecting the port of L'Havre,
this batterie comprised three guns and a Fire Control Post.
The three guns were of 150 mm calibre manufactured by the German arms company
Krupp. They were of the type L/45 which were one of the most modern types found
on the Atlantik wall..
They also used on motor torpedo boats, and coastal patrol craft. The guns in a
coastal batterie could either be used as a surface weapon or in an anti aircraft
role.
The guns were mounted in type M272 casemates and the Fire Control Post was of
the M262 and had two levels, the lower level being totally enclosed.
Because the case mated guns face the sea they could play no part in the Allied
battle for the liberation of the area. The guns were spiked by their crews
before they left for L'Havre.
One of the casemates has been destroyed by an internal explosion, it could have
been done caused by the departing German exploding the stored ammunition for the
guns.
