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FORMER
BELGIAN NIKE AIR DEFENSE GUIDED MISSILE SITE - Blankenheim - |
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| Unit: |
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Battery 13th MSL Btn |
Established: | 1959 |
| Combat Site Occupation: | 1963 | NATO assignment: | Yes |
| Deactivated: | 1989 | Custodian: | 43rd Artillery Detachment |
| Download: | History | Temporary Site: |
Roderhoehe / Elsenborn |
| "Nike Sites in Germany" | |||
| Local government & community: | Blankenheim | Remarks: |
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Google Satellite Photo Total View |
Google Satellite Photo Launching Area |
Google Satellite Photo Integrated Fire Control |
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The former Launching (LA) area Photos were taken in 1999 - 2000. |
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| 1. Comming from the Reetz intersection. |
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2. A watchtower. |
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3. Main entrance, guard shack & ready hut. | 4. |
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6. The ready hut from the rear side. |
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9. Ready to use... |
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10. | 11. View toward the missile assembly building. |
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12. The LRSP tower... (Long Range Security Program) |
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13. ...and building. |
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14. Inside the building. | 15. |
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18. The missile assembly building. | 19. |
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| 20. The US-guard building. |
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22. The warhead building. | 23. |
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| 26. Igniter disposel & test station. |
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33. A missile section. | 34. |
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36. Cable run & firing pads. |
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41. A section bunker. | 42. Section bunker entrance. |
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| 47. A personnel dugout for the local defense forces. |
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| The former Integrated Fire Control (IFC) area | |||
| 53. Approaching the area. |
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54. The main entrance. |
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58. The RF-Test Set emplacement. |
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59. The guard shack to the right. | 60. View upwards to the radar mound. |
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| 61. Entrances to personnel dugouts in front. The AC generator shack in the back. |
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63. Views from the IFC emplacement. | 64. |
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| 65. The InterConnecting Building (ICB) also called corridor. |
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68. On the radar mound. | 69. |
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71. View back to the main gate. |
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| Soldiers formerly assigned to this site: | |||
| Name: | Year: | e-mail: | Remarks: |
| Tom Perry |
1967 - 1969 |
tap45357 - aol.com | |
| John Schappert |
1970 - 1972 |
jschapp - juno.com |
or john.schappert - usa.xerox.com |
| Dennis W. Welch |
1974 - 1977 |
DENNIS.W.WELCH - LMCO.COM | |