Allied intelligence and photoreconnaissance had identified five 155-mm guns emplaced in reinforced-concrete casemates on the Pointe, and Allied commanders had determined that the neutralization of these guns was the key to the fate of the Omaha and Utah landings.
During the winter of 1916 17, the Germans prepared a reserve trench system, the Hindenburg Line, containing deep dugouts where the men could take cover against artillery fire and machine guns emplaced in concrete shelters called pillboxes.
This was added to the already existing dozen 75 mm guns emplaced along the sides above the armor belt.
Thus the five Borodino-class battleships only had tumblehome hulls fore and aft of their 75 mm guns emplaced along their sides.
Two of her main guns were emplaced as coastal batteries outside Toulon.
The Flak guns were emplaced in MPL C/13 mountings, which allowed depression to −10 degrees and elevation to 70 degrees.
With the guns fully emplaced, the ships would have been too wide to fit in the canal.
The guns were emplaced in MPL C/13 mountings, which allowed depression to −10 degrees and elevation to 70 degrees.
All of these guns were emplaced in single mounts, either on the upper decks and superstructure, or in casemates at the bow and stern.
Twelve 30.5 cm SK L/50 guns were emplaced in long-trunk Drh LC/1908 mountings, an improved version of the previous LC/1907 and LC/1906 mounts used in the Nassau class.
