Russian 76.2mm M1902 Gun Longues sur Mer
This Russian 76mm (3 inch) gun of the type M1902 model 1917 was used between 6 and 7 June 1944 for the defence of the Longues sur Mer battery. It was neutralized on 7 June 1944 by the British 231th Infantry Brigade.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Willem Visser (1, 2, 3, 4), Jente de Roust (5)
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Museum
- Musée des Épaves sous-marines du Débarquement - Commes (Port-en-Bessin)
- Liberators Museum - Normandy 1944 - Arromanches-les-Bains
- Musée du débarquement d'Arromanches - Arromanches-les-Bains
Point of interest
- Phoenix Caissons Mulberry B Tracy-sur-Mer - Tracy-sur-Mer
- Bridge Vaux-sur-Aure - Vaux-sur-Aure
- Remains Mulberry Harbour - Arromanches-les-Bains
Monument
- Memorial Airfield B11 Longues-sur-Mer - Longues-sur-Mer
- War Memorial Commes - Commes
- Monument 47th Royal Marine Commando - Port-en-Bessin
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Grave Magny-en-Bessin - Magny-en-Bessin
- Commonwealth War Grave Sully - Sully
- Commonwealth Memorial of the Missing Bayeux - Bayeux
Fortification
- Atlantikwall - Batterie de Longues-sur-mer - Longues-sur-Mer
- Atlantikwall - Casemate - Arromanches-les-Bains
- German Bunker Port-en-Bessin - Port-en-Bessin
Crash site
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