Trifon D. Kouvopoulos brings us a very interesting photo feature of panzer turrets in Greece. Check it out to find out about an interesting piece of history of WW2 warfare in the Mediterranean theater.

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This looks like something the Postcard Challenge could use!

Glad this got turned into a feature. Some really interesting pictures in here.

Very cool feature. And great photo's

I'm pretty envious you have this close by. I have a lot of remains from the Atlantik wall all around where I live. Even a few ringstands for tankturrets but the turrets themselves have all dissapeared. Are these the only turret bunkers remaining along that line? Or can they still be found all along that railroad?
One thing I notice is that similar bunkers of this type the turrets have short lengths of hollow pipe welded in 4 or 5 spots at the bottom of the turret to add a sort of frame to camouflage the position but these seem to have been ommitted by these turrets.

Thank you very much for sharing these with us Trifon. They are very excellent pictures and as bunkers are one of my favorite subjects I really enjoy these. It is too bad that the locals don't keep them in better shape. It is a shame to see them falling into ruin as they are. A very nice part of history. Thank you again for sharing with us.

This is great Trifon, thanks for putting all this together.

thanks for sharing, awesome piece of history that many probably did not know about

This is one of the most interesting features I have seen in a long time, well done Trifon. Thanks for sharing such an interesting piece of history, and thanks for the Google coordinates, way cool!

Thanks for the comments everybody! Glad you enjoyed my feature. I will now keep looking to see if there is more stuff to report on!

Cool stuff, Trifon. Very inspiring. I feel like building a 38(t) bunker now.

Thanks for sharing!

I recall seeing one of these on the beach at Platamon. That was 40 years ago now. Back then all I had was an Instamatic and for some reason I did not think that it was worthy of a photo. I suppose it was either a Panzer I or II turret.

Thanks for piquing my memory.

FWIW
Ron Volstad