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Japanese Officer in the Atlantic Wall

Japanese army intelligent officer Makoto Onodera inspecting the Atlantic Wall, Norway december 1942

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In the background is one of the triple gun turrets from the laid-up battleship Gneisenau. The 28cm. Schnelllade-Kanone C/34 in Drehschiesslafette C/28 (Quick Loading - Rotary Mount) turrets were transferred to coastal defense in 1943. Turret "B" was called Batterie Fjell and turret "C" was Batterie Oerlandet. The guns fired a 330 kilogram shell at a muzzle velocity of 890 meters/second to a maximum range of over 35 kilometers.

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