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Der Luftnachrichten Dienst. | ||||
Radar bunkers. | ||||
L 485, Mammut. | ||||
The Mammut radar was mounted on top of a large bunker, either a L 485 as in Denmark, a V 143 in some other countries and in at least three places a special Vf. |
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The "L 485" at Hjertebjerg. It differs markedly from the other known L 485s, and varying thickness is used for the walls. It is my theory that this is "The Mother of all L 485s" - the "pre-production" model. It is not listed in the Bfm, which to me indicates that it was not built by the Fest.Pi.Stab, but by the Luftwaffe Ausbau Stab. | The L 485 at Blåvand. A more regular shape, but again different from the "Typeheft". | |||
The L 485 at Rømø. Again a variation over a theme, the opening in the west wall is in-explicable. This bunker housed the display equipment for both the Mammut and the See-Elefant. | The display equipment in the L 485 at BÜFFEL, Blåvand. | |||
The technical installations inside a L 485. | ||||
The Mammut antenna at Hjertebjerg, Hanstholm. Note how the antenna cables are assembled and routed down a cable "chimney", as depicted on the drawings below. | ||||
Please also note the shape of the bunker in Vf a little like the one in Hanstholm. The Mammut here has the serial number M 3. | ||||
One of the cable "chimneys" at Blåvand. | The cables were routed through this armor plate, placed on top of the "chimney", now lingering in the sand next to the bunker. | |||
The cable "chimneys" at Blåvand from inside. (Blåvand). | The cables were then routed through the walls into the Kompensator room . . . (Blåvand). | |||
.. . . where the Kompensator were mounted on a low platform. (Rømø). | The platform for the Kompensator. (Rømø). | |||
Picture from a German manual of the Kompensator (Phase shifter). | The remains of a Kompensator found in a Mammut Vf bunker in the Netherlands. | |||
The original camouflage colors are re-emerging in 2007. | ||||
For an in depth technical description and an explanation of many of the artifacts found in Mammut bunkers please see: | ||||
http://www.cdvandt.org/mammut-wassermann.htm |
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