18 May 1944 Part 1

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Readiness or defensive orders. Training or inspection

Location Details

Battery Strassburg

Diary Entry

18 May 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 45°, 7 metres per second. Batterie Strassburg conducted practice firing with 22-cm and 7.5-cm weapons during a combat-readiness inspection. Ammunition expenditure: eight 22-cm C.F.A. 534 (f) practice shells; eight 22-cm bag charges, R.P.F.D. 12 (G), practice; eight 7.5-cm Ringsprenggranatpatronen (f) with Az. 235 fuze; ten 5-cm Wurfgranaten 36 practice mortar bombs; twenty 2-cm Oerlikon rounds; four high-explosive rifle grenades. [Specialised ammunition designations retained.]

Source of Information

Roll 2422, scan 0839, original page 51.