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29 Oct 15 - The Stoop, Twickenham, London, England. Rugby. International Defence Rugby Cup (Military Rugby World Cup. 3/4th place final. French National Military Rugby Team v New Zealand Defence Force (Defence Blacks). Win for France 24-19.
A small circular Gun Emplacement used to house a 6 pounder Anti-Tank Gun positioned in the Denes to enfilade the beach and the approach road away from the beach, and was also capable of attacking targets at sea. There is an entrance at the rear leading into a semi-sunken pit, in the the centre is a holdfast pedestal with nine studs. A large opening at the front faces the beach area, on the right is a smaller square opening, possibly to store and pass through the shells. A certain amount of camouflage would have been given by the braken covered area, and there are also some small insets in the Shellproof concrete roof probably to support camouflage netting, the structure is in good condition.
Being the most easterly coast of Great Britain and being flat with with a very accessible beach, this coastline and hinterland was considered a vulnerable place for an Enemy Invasion during World War Two, so was quite heavily defended with Emergency Coastal Battery's, Anti-Tank Emplacements, a Sea Wall converted for defences, Pillboxes, Anti-Tank Blocks, Barbed Wire Entanglements, many of these can quite easily be seen today !
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Finnish 1B division basketball at Tampere. Raholan Pyrkivä (Tampere) vs Namika Lappeenranta (Lappeenranta)
Faculty members and students from the Royal College of Defence Studies visit RDF HQS | Kigali, 15 May 2024
Photos from the "Self Defence Dublin" students trip to Luxembourg to train with Darren Levine & Thierry Viatour
Photos were taken by Luxfoto.lu for KMW Europe
At the height of battle this building / bunker looks like it was where every thing was coordinated from. Not sure if the steel triangle on the floor held a search light or gun? There was different levels to this building and underground sections.
On the path down to Hollicombe Beach, near Paignton, a heavily overgrown brick and concrete platform which may be a WW2 gun emplacement or watchtower.
It has a fine view of Torbay and would provide excellent defensive coverage. I need to look this one up for more details.
it seems the sun is little bright but have no choice ,the sun is going down behind some strong clouds.
A World War Two Heavy Machine Gun Emplacement constructed in 1940 within the Anti-Aircraft Training Camp at Weybourne, a large L-shaped emplacement, approximately measuring 22ft 11in by 19ft 8in at its southern end, it has a reinforced concrete roof, the corner nearest the entrance is curved. Not visited the emplacement close up, but other photos show a sandbag lined entrance to the rear, a chamber to the left (possibly for ammunition storage) a thick anti-ricochet wall in the centre and a second chamber to the right, which has a large stepped embrasure for a machine gun. There is a pillbox variant sitting to the south, there were slit trenches and defences constructed around the fixed defences.
The site of the World War Two and post war Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp located alongside the cliffs at Weybourne to the north west of the village. The camp originally started out as a temporary summer camp for the Anti-Aircraft Division of the Territorial Army in 1935. At first the majority of the camp consisted of wooden and tented structures, although in 1937 it was decided to make the camp permanent and more fixed structures and defences were erected. The camp closed in 1959. During World War Two the camp was surrounded by a perimeter Anti-Tank Ditch and defended by a system of Gun Emplacements and Barbed Wire obstructions. The interior of the camp consisted of groups of Nissen huts and barracks and other military buildings. The cliff top to the north was covered by a line of Heavy Anti-Aircraft Guns and Batteries, Slit Trenches and Pillboxes.
RAF Weybourne was a World War Two Anti-Aircraft Establishment, ''X'' Flt, No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit were based at the station between 16th May and 14th September 1939, with ''T'' Flt, No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit there between 25th February and 29th April 1942. No. 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit were based there between 7th December 1942 and 30th November 1943. Associated with the Anti-Aircraft Gunnery, the station operated the De Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee target drone aircraft, a radio-controlled target tug version of the Tiger Moth II.
Although the published closure date known for this airfield relates to the World War Two airfield, the Army maintained an Anti-Aircraft Training Camp across from RAF Weybourne using Bofors 40mm Anti-Aircraft Guns linked to AA4 Mk.7 Gun-Laying Radar. When that closed in 1958 the radars were transferred to the RAF. A very small permanent detachment was maintained there using the obsolete radar into the 1980's for cross-tell training, decoy work and to extend low level coverage. In the late 1980's, after the obsolete radars were removed, trials were carried out to confirm the site's suitability for deployment of the new mobile radars that were coming into service.
A Marconi Type 91 ''Martello'' radar was moved from RAF Trimingham to Weybourne in September 1996, operated by 432 Signals Unit acting as a Ready Platform (along with RAF Hopton and RAF Trimingham) for the IUKADGE Series II (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment) Radar System controlled from the R3 Underground Control Centre at RAF Neatishead. In October 1997 the Type 91 at RAF Weybourne was de-built, replaced when the Type 93 at RAF Trimingham became operational.
Information sourced from -
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Weybourne
www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?ui...
The Remembrance Day Service 2011 was held on Friday 11 November 2011 at the Commonwealth War Graves, Moinamati Cemetery, Comilla.
An inner view of the window located on the 4th level of a tulou. This small window is used for defence purposes during conflicts and as a ventilation and light source during normal time.
Three New York National Guard Army and Air Force teams made up of five personnel each compete at the South African National Defence Force Military Skills Competition in Potchefstroom, South Africa, September 12, 2023. The competition will take place from September 9th through the 16th and will be judged on rifle and pistol marksmanship, 5-mile run, grenade throwing, and a land/water obstacle course. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pietrantoni)