Hi everyone, does anyone know any good sites, or have any good pics they good show me, of german artillery batterys during market garden, or any time in ww2 europe, i am building a dio for RMG of a german artillery battery witha famo paerked on the road near the battery, but im not sure what shape to make the battery, i want it in ground, so what would i line the walls with so they wouldnt collapse, sandbags? wooden planks? corregated tin/iron?
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No one? i really really need help, evern a reference site with the lay out of some artillery batterys, i would really like to know what lined the walls

Try these http://www.sweb.cz/fortif/8_02/en_index.html http://victorian.fortunecity.com/lexington/12/links.htm this is what i found searching google.com type in what you want and look around.

Thanks Pfc, but the stuff on those sites is still not quite what im looking for, i know the answers to my problems now, except what i could line the walls with, wooden planks maybe? or snadbags? also, what would be the most common roofing for an ammo shed dug into the walls on this artillery dug out? would it be corregated iron? if so how could i make that in 1:72? or would they use wooden planks? would they put sandbags ontop of the roof? i need HELP!!!

Due to the long range of German artllery, especially the heavies, it wasn't always neccessary for the batteries to be dug in, since they would have been quite a ways back from the front lines. Here's 3 pic's German artillery on the East Front. It's really all I have . Maybe they can give you some ideas.

battery of heavy s 10.0cm K 18 canons


10.5cm leFH 18


150mm sFH18


- ralph

Not real sure but maybe big beams and would planks or the sand bags dont know about the iron.Sorry the links did not work.

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Nice pics, but its a bit to late to not make them dug in, i have already made the dio itself, just havent added groundwork trees paint etc. besides i think making them dug in adds something to the diorama, but i still need help with the ammo shed, what would i make the roof out of, and how would i make it in 1:72 scale, cheers