Bunker SB 6 La Reid

Chemin de Baudrifosse, La Reid

Belgium Liège La Reid

Bunker SB 6 is located in the middle of a meadow between the villages of Ménobu and La Reid.

The bunker belongs to sector Sougné-Becco (SB) of the 1st line of defense for the city of Liège, la Posistion Fortifiée de Liège 1, (PFL 1).

The bunker is located in small untouched forest plot and is partially overgrown. It a smaller bunker that had an observation turret. However, the turret has been removed. The entrance to the dome is accessible see photo's 4 and 5. It was the only bunker with turret in this sector. The walls of the bunker are 1.3 meters thick on all sides, of reinforced concrete.

As with most bunkers, after the war when the bunkers had lost their strategic value, the metal shutters and doors were removed and sold as scrap metal. It also happened that during the war the bunkers were stripped of iron by the Germans and melted down for other purposes. If observation turrets were present, they were reused at the atlantikwal, among others.

The access to the bunker was also badly damaged and even partly disappeared. The bunker has one gun opening for a machine gun.

Inside, the machinegun mount is still present.

The hooks on the wall were for hanging equipment. The shelf supports were meant to put away materials so that one could not trip over them. It should be remembered that these (and most bunkers) were not connected to the electricity grid. A storm lamp could be hung from the ceiling, on a hook provided for that purpose. This was the only lighting in the bunker.

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