J.Nordvik Posted April 19, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 19, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) In 1990 I was doing my military service in Ørland, Norway. Outside of the airfield there is this turret from the German battleship Gneisenau. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrått_Fort I was using a Canon A1 with a 28mm at the time. It was my dream camera when I was a kid, but it was a disappointment. The biggest problem was battery drainage, and the cost of batteries. Bought a M3 a couple of years later. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308696-austr%C3%A5tt-fort-1990/?do=findComment&comment=3956773'>More sharing options...
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jankap Posted April 19, 2020 Share #5 Posted April 19, 2020 Interesting. My father had connections with the dutch underground in the Netherlands during the war. In 1945 he and I (7 years old) visited the Westwall defenses in the southern part of Hoek van Holland. There were the other canons of the Tirpitz installed. I remember the other side of one of the canons under the ground, where it was loaded. One of the persons, who accompanied us, offered me a shell as a souvenir (as a joke). We also were on the tower of the aiming facility (the Leitstand). The seatings of the personal were on springs with a very large extension. During another visit my father said, that he would like to take movie pictures of sea gulls. As a result one person carried a box with hand grenades to the Waterweg to lure the gulls with fish. The gulls were forgotten soon, but the explosions in the water gave interesting movie pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted April 19, 2020 Share #6 Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) Sorry, I was wrong. The artillery in Hoek of Holland came from the battle ship "Gneisenau". The other ship of the Gneisenau class (1938) was the "Scharnhorst". Edited April 19, 2020 by jankap Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Nordvik Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted April 19, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) I regret not taking any interesest in the rangefinder at the time. The whole concept of a rangefinder was unknown to me as I was in the Air Force (desk job). When I was a kid I was fascinated with WW2. My parents where born after the war, but my grandparents where in their teens or twenties during the war. I know of the concept of "the silent generation", but my grandparents could not stop talking about the war. I grew up reading comic books about the war where the germans always said "Achtung!" before they exploded, and I made countless airplanes and tanks from plastic kits. It seems to me that younger generations have no interest or knowledge of WW2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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