UNTOUCHED hidden German WWII mortar bunker. MORTAR still there !
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- INCREDIBLE find ! UNTOUCHED underground hidden German WWI mortar bunker and the MORTAR is still in there. WWII TIME MACHINE !
This is ONE IN A LIFETIME discovery and YOU just have to see this to belive it !
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This is what is possible to find with YOUR great support ! Thank YOU for that :)
It's a 5 cm Machinengranatwerfer M19 - German Automatic Mortar. Extremely rare find, congratulations.
EPIC find and we loved that :)
The Daalek of light mortars.
I saw one in Jersey and they are incredibly rare.
This bunker has to be one of your very best Discoverys on your channel. Amazing work guys.
Thanks 👍 and this is REALLY such a rare thing to find. Thanks so much :)
Just looked this up. That thing could throw out 120 50mm rounds per minute! Out to about 750m. Bad news for Infantry approaching that position! When I saw the electrical connections I figured it was electricity that powered it - it was. The handles you see are for manual operation if the power fails - that would be a far lower rate of fire. Most weapons systems, even today, have manual backups in case the powered system fails.
The partial ring you found on the floor may have been for quadrant (elevation) readings, as one of the human crew would have had to have a reference for that. The intact deflection ring was an amazing find. Can you imagine the noise in there when firing? I hope they had good hearing protection. I suspect they took key components from the mortar and disabled other things in the bunker and just walked away....and it sat forgotten.
And TWO intact bottles! Dang this was a good discovery! Congrats to you and EE!
This was really such a EPIC find and we still cant believe it. Thanks so much :)
As an interested viewer, thank you for taking the time to really do the research on this. Creators such as HH and EE count on viewers sometimes who have the resources to help out with technical or background information.
I have studied German WW2 equipment for years, and even I have never seen one of these. Thank you.
AMAZING!!!
The trench in the floor would be a conveyor. They used 7 man crews, 3 operated it, the remaining soldiers in the ammunition room would load magazine sleds and use the conveyor to send them to the crew on the gun for quick loading. The crank on the unit at the end would operate that. Fully stocked the ammo rooms would have just under 4,000 rounds. It was incredibly efficient, and safer than passing rounds by hand, especially with the limited space.
ok i see and thanks for being here with us :)
THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST BUNKER FINDS,THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND WET FEET!
Thanks so much :)
Phenomenal!! So glad you could record it and share with us!
Glad you enjoyed it!
a rare find, the M19 was developed in 1934 and used from 1938 and on, the dates found in the bunker fit that time period. it was electrically controlled and could fire up to 120 rounds per minute
Interesting stuff and thanks for watching :)
Now that was an epic find. Thank you for taking one for the team, getting to see such a rare piece. Never heard of them before. The BEST history lesson I've ever had. Good job EE for spotting the turret.
Thank YOU my friend. YOU made this possible by your kind support and we appreciate that :)
Fantastic part two, great job, guys. Thank you for sharing it with us.
There you go and thanks so much :)
Another exciting video and amazing fines . Love seeing these bunkers. Thanks again to you and EE. I wish you sold some of the items you fine would definitely buy.
we will share more later my friend and there will be anew feature from us soon that enables supporters to get some of the items we find. Will share that later. Thanks so much :)
What a find nice to see they didn't scrap all of it , makes me think that there are more awesome finds for you and EE to bring to us Thank you both ,EE you have a bright future keeping history alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is such a great place to see and thanks for being here for us :)
THAT Has to be one of the most fantastik finds EVER ! And you had no idea it was there ! I think maybe the big crank wheel in the room and the shaft in the floor might have been for rotating the whole mortar assembly , and up in the turret was where they would set the angle of fire . But just an amazing find ! Great Job ! 🤓💥
Such FANTASTIC place my friend and YOU helped us to go there :) Thanks and we are praying for the outcome of the next days. Thanks my friend :)
Fantastic find! I’m sure it was demilled, so it couldn’t be put back into action, and just left there for you and EE to find, almost 80 years later. Exciting to find such a rare weapon, still in its original bunker. Thanks for braving the somewhat deep water, to bring us this amazing find.
This is just EPIC i think and so glad we could find that. Thanks so much and greetings from us
What a great channel you have, and it's so good to hear you and Eagle Eyes interact with each other.
You know i am so honored hat he is by my side , such a fantastic find together and we just loved it. Thanks so much :)
That is an incredible find, looks remarkably intact considering the age and all the water in there. Well worth getting wet feet for! Thanks for sharing this with us.
yes such a FANTASTIC place and YOU helped us to go there and share that.Thanks my friend :)
This was incredible. My heart was racing watching you make this unbelievable discovery. I can't imagine how intense this must have been in person. I sincerely hope this mortar bunker is preserved, and maybe one day made available for the general public to visit. Thank you for all your hard work finding and filming these locations. Most of us would never get to see or experience this if it wasn't for you and your family.
Thanks for watching and greetings from us :)
What an exciting and amazing exploration. Definitely didn’t expect you to find an automated mortar still in the bunker. I love how you both just stumble across forgotten history. It’s amazing the engineering that went into developing the automated mortar. You definitely went above and beyond to show us this great location. Hope you got out of those wet shoes pretty quickly. I wonder what else you will amaze me with.
Totally AWESOME this as Anthony and YOUR great support made that come alive and we thank you for that. I spent 6 more hours in those wet shoes..he he. Thank you my friend :)
Wow! You hit the jackpot this time!! Thanks for a fantastic video!
We sure did and we loved it my friend :)
The best find ever! Never seen you as excited as you are here. The bits and pieces are amazing. Watching everything you are finding in total amazement! The dates, the increments on the ring. Wow!
Oh my...what a wonderful discovery!!! An automated mortar!!! It was definitely worth wet feet, to get to see this! What were those boys doing, drinking wine on duty??? Awesome, HH and EE!!!❤
It was really such a fantastic place to see Cynthia and we appreciate your FANTASTIC support that made this come alive. THANK YOU for that :)
What a find , are you still in shock? glad that i was able to contribute a little to support you. What's next you guys had some great finds on this tour . thanks for sharing.
We appreciate your kind support that made this happen. Thanks so much and greetings from us :)
Fantastic video, guys. What a find. Stay safe. That ladder was a brave climb.
It was a EPIC explore my friend and we loved it :)
Its insane to see a bunker that aint stripped down
This is a FANTASTIC bunker to see and experience :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter Where im from (Denmark), Most of the bunkers are fully stripped out.
Wow, just wow. Thank you for taking me to see this, awesome.
Thank YOU for helping this come alive my friend :)
Great work, documenting this equipment . As someone who has faced the difficulty of researching the layout of WW2 and WW1 installations for model dioramas, your work has made a difference between success or failure. Really.
Something interesting- I have a group of bottles I bought for my collection at an antique store, not knowing what their story was. They were inexpensive so I got them, and I was able to find out they are beer bottles from the Japanese Army during WW2!
I figure that they are not common to find, and I'm glad I got them. Cool, huh?
Thanks for the great video!
Cool my friend and we really appreciate you being here with us :)
the excitement of " i need to go up there" haha love it guys
Thanks for watching :)
Absolutely brilliant, what a find! The device with the handle in the ammunition room operates the elevator - it originally had an electric motor fitted. It has a large flywheel that could be manually operated in the event of a power failure (as could the mortar itself). The power was transmitted via the driveshaft set into the floor.
Cool to know my friend and thanks for watching :)
This was an epic discovery, and now I will research the automated mortar. This is the first time I have ever heard of this device or weapon.
Such a great thing and we loved to find and share that with you my friend :)
One of your best finds to date. Thanks for sharing with us!
You bet and we appreciate you being here :)
Absolutely incredible find! Thank you for letting us come along
Now that HH is the find for the year, the mortar is missing its motors, which would have given the unit the most value. Even the panzer dome was in good shape. Was the pipe in the technical trench about 100mm in diameter? The box with the disk and handle is attached to the pipe. The whole thing is the auto-loading system. I would love to document that further, and it needs to be in a museum. Both of you did a fantastic job on this find.
EPIC location yes. We dont know what dia the pipe was but could be that. Such a interesting place and we loved to share that. Thanks.
@@WW2HistoryHunter The R-633 bunker was designed to protect the M19.[1] Fewer than 100 R-633 were built.[2]: 225 Where possible the entire construction was to be buried underground, leaving just the flat armoured opening on the roof to fire through. Access to the bunker was by way of a trench.
The automatic feeder for the mortar required a three-phase electricity supply to power the lift, otherwise ammunition had to be passed up. Earlier versions were manually fed using a flywheel. The bunker held 3,944 mortar rounds. A 24 V battery system provided lighting. Bulbs illuminated to show the rate of fire, 40, 60, 80 or 120 round per minute.
Each R-633 was built to the standard B strength, with 2 m thick walls and roof. If, as was standard, it was to be completely buried, 1,900 m3 had to be excavated. Each bunker required 845 m3 of concrete, 40 tonnes of steel rebar and 6.3 tonnes of other steel items.[1] The weapon was installed in an armoured dome weighing 39 tonnes.[3]
Two armoured turrets were designed:[2]: 350
34P8 Panzerturm für 5cm M19 Maschinengranatwerfer mit Schachtring B strength designed in 1935
49P8 Panzerturm für 5cm M19 Maschinengranatwerfer was A-1 strength designed in 1935
(The 34 and 49 refer to the type of design, the P stands for Panzer or armoured, the 8 is the sum of the last 2 digits of the year (3+5=8))
The R-633 had a crew of 14 men, half working with the mortar, the remainder providing local defence.[4]
There is one in Fjell, Norway. complete bunker.
Simply awesome, i love this! Many thanks for bringing this to us.
Appreciated and greetings from us :)
That has to be the most extreme find of a lifetime. Thank you both for your dedication to history and sharing your adventures. If it was for not your hard work I would never have been able to see this lost history. As always " Good Hunting " and God bless.
Helt otroligt vilken plats,tack för erat arbete❤
Totally so my friend and we do appreciate you very much. Be safe out there and keep smiling :)
That was some wonderful find you two.
We really loved that my friend :)
That is one amazing find in that bunker, and so much of the motar still there. Thanks for getting your feet wet, but it really was worth the trip. That strange box in the other room, with the technical tunnel to it, that could have been a hand cranked generator, to keep the turrent working, if the mains supply failed, but it really was strange. Well done on another super video, and I wonder what other secrets you have discovered. Stay safe and well my friends
Truly a EPIC discovery my friend and we loved it. That thing in that room was such a mystery for us. Thanks so much and more to come :)
that pipe that ran along the floor to that large looked like a drum, im going to say something silly but hope not could that have been feeding the mortar rounds to the mortar or to the room itself. fantastic find well done eagle eyes.
Could be. Thanks for being here :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter i enjoy all your discoveries only wish i was still working instead of being a pensioner, as would love to be able to help contribute something towards them.
For god sake invest in a pair of wellies HH 😅
WEll we do have them but rarely carry them , just to heavy. Thanks for watching :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter probably a good idea to take…most of these places are underground and have lain empty for a long time. Flooding is inevitable
Cracking video though the place looked untouched..apart from the water
😮 looking at it. Can't believe it's still mostly there. Looking forward to seeing more.❤️✌️😎👍
That was the most fantastic finds you have ever showed us. And you even gave it a Holy Madonna!!
Holy Pancake ! Amazing !! That mortar is still there! Incredible explore. Even the little things like the upright wine bottle. Next trip, a pair of waterproof overboot covers might be a plan ... Thankyou again HH and EE !
What a FANTASTIC explore and we thank YOU for your great support my friend :)
Honoured to be there with you both and see what you see.Thankyou !
This is so cool HH and EE! Awesome find and im glad you both got to see it in person. Thank you both for doing what you do!
I'm not 100% sure and i'll take a wild guess but the trench and the box with the big wheel on it is the main source of powered drive to the mortar. If power goes out it has the handle to manually crank and like wise on the mortar itself. Thats my thinking anyway.
Looking forward to the next one
Could be that actually , we really dont know. Thanks so much my friend and greetings from us :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter :) have a great day or night guys im not sure what the time is over there, but down in Melbourne Australia its 4:30am should be well and truely asleep but its one of those nights for me 😆
What a incredible find. Wish i found something like that, you should take a guided tour at the bunkers we have here in silkeborg. There is a lot of them, 24 to be exact .and 1 have been restored and is used as a museum todag,the bunkers was used as the general headquarters for the german forces in Denmark from 1943 to the end of the war in 1945, and after it was used to house german Refugees...
Doing my best HH impersonation: T H A T W A S A-MA-ZING -- TO-TA-LY A-MA-ZING. Did you have dry shoes and socks?
WE LOVED THAT ) No , i was wet for the rest of that day actually. Thanks for being here :)
That panzer turret, We have one of those in my town, Its a observation post to communicate with gun batteries in the area,
ok and thanks for watching :)
Looking at the shaft in the pit thats underwater i think the wheel would be for rotating the turret in the other room and the angle would be set localy, its the only thing that geared shaft could be for.
Could very well be and thanks for comment and for watching :)
I told you once before, anyway bloody brilliant effort thank you both cheers
Appreciated my friend :)
Great find! Congrats!
Thanks!
That is an incredible find. Well done!
Thanks so much and greetings from us :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter Thank you!
The mystery equipment looked to be connected to the mortar with piping through the floor tunnel. Would the mortar have used compressed air for its operation , if so its probably an air compression system
Could be we really dont know. Such a FANTASTIC find it was :)
That's pretty neat. There's only like two of those mortars left and in museums, and I think only one is actually complete. I can't believe the dome turret is still there either, or the bunker for that matter. If you are where I am pretty sure you are, it's amazing that that bunker is still there. Most of those were blown up pretty thoroughly and scrapped afterwards. There's only a few that are in decent shape, and at least one that's been fully restored. The mortar is neat, but I'm blown away that the dome is still there. Most of those were hauled off long ago for scrap. They're nearly as rare as the mortars are.
Very interesting place this is and we loved to share that with you. Thanks from us :)
Sehr Interessante Analge. In Deutschland in der Wehrtechnischen Studiensammlung steht ein gut erhaltenes Exemplar des M19.
Ansonsten klasse Video. Freu mich schon auf das nächste😊
Grüße an den Atlantikwall im Norden vom Westwall im Süden
Thanks so much for that and greetings from us :)
Outstanding !!!
Thanks so much :)
Thanks for getting wet and putting up with the creepy spiders I truly love seeing all that untouched history that I only got to listen to stories from my grandfather I plan on watching a few more videos videos today because it's kinda cold here on the east coast of the United States of America but I really want your October adventure to happen so I want to my part make sure that it can happen
So appreciated my friend and greetings from us :)
WOW is right!! Even though there was a lot of rust it was still amazing to see. Thank you. :-)
It sure is EPIC my friend and thanks for being here with us :)
Awesome video keep up the great work 🙂☕👍
Appreciated and greetings from us :)
I wonder if the big crank wheel drove what appears to be a shaft in the floor to adjust the degree of rotation for the mortar ?
Well your guess is a good as mine. Thanks.
I don't understand how after so many bunker explores, you still explore without decent footwear. Calf high combat boots that are decently water proof don't cost a lot of money. I still wear 20 year old Danner Fort Lewis boots when I explore our local bunkers, always dry feet even in relatively flooded portions. Anyway, amazing explores and fantastic locations, far more and better than anything here. Keep up the good work.
Hi HH & EE,
Together with EE you find the most beautiful unpredictable finds.
This time one of the best bunker finds.
It was a lot of work with wet feet, but worth the effort.
WE did it together with YOU my friend and we thank you for that :)
Great find , you and eagle eyes are the best.
Thanks 👍
That was awesome. Wow.
What an excellent find of a weapon system I didnt know existed. And I thought I knew all the German WW2 equipment.
Thankyou.
And the big steel door in the ammo room is probably a blast door and the thing in the middle of the floor could be an auto loading conveyer of some sort.
Yeah, has to be automated conveyor, and there is a place for electric motor beside the hand crank, so it could be operated automaticly/manually in case of power loss.
Amazing what you find you two, does it get any better, thanks for sharing and the wet feet, I was going to say was that cranking handle, machine and channel used for load the rounds but see that's been answered, great engineering for it time.
I got goosebumps that’s crazy cool
Thanks!
Spectacular adventure, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant video 👍👍THANK YOU
Glad you enjoyed it
Incredible find ! You guys rule. EE almost got a tank :) Great video guy's
Such a great discovery and thanks so much Dave for your kind support :)
You and EE act like you are on an alien planet in distant future and come across ruins that upon investigation find you are back on earth and are checking out ancient past. Very exciting for you both. Congrats.
Appreciated and greetings from us :)
Extraordinary! An untouched german ww2 bunker with the weaponsystem inside, unheard of! How far out in the wilderness is this?
Far far out there. Thanks for watching :)
I AM STILL SHAKING my head!!! OH MY GRAVY!!! What a find, what a find!!! Just amazing that the automated mortar gun is still there!! That was incredible to see. I'm wondering if that "machine" in the ammo storage area had something to do with the adjustment or an adjustment for the mortar itself? What you showed in the ground, kinda looked like "drive" shafts from a vehicle. Just my thoughts. Was so amazed in this indeed. Thanks. OH, loved that you found 2 intact bottles too!!! Way to go on navigating thru that water and up the ladder too! Nice going.
I know Colleen , what a truly EPIC explore that was. Thanks so much and more to come :)
Bring your rubber boots next time. That was awesome find!
Congratulations!
Thank you!
The thing that struck me were the multi-pin electrical connectors (x2) in the M19s base (22:25 + 27:05), rare in 1935. To fire 120/min (2/sec) the M19 must have had a powered ammo feed. Most likely an electrical ammo feed, as all the electrical kit, connectors & cables implies (20:55). So my guess is the odd box with flywheel in the ammo room was a back-up, man-powered generator, it also had the same multi-pin connectors (28:25 top & bottom of grey box) with the floor recess for the power cables.
Thanks or great comment and for watching my friend :)
Hiya HH team 🙌🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Just an afterthought 🤔
If you take with you two large plastic carry bags (without holes), then in an emergency you could wear those over your footwear & maybe tuck them into your trouser legs or also take elastic bands or similar.
Even string black bin liners would work & very lightweight & can compact small.
Great location as always guys, well done EE & I salute YOU 🫡🫵🏻
See you guys again as & when I can 👍🏻👍🏻
🇬🇧🫶🏻🇳🇴
Amazing find in the wilderness, way to go to HH and EE !
That is amazing! Great find!
Thanks my friend :)
You guys have had some fantastic explorations before, but this time may be the very best bunker we've seen. You've found one with so many original fittings, no intrusions by kids spraying graffiti, and the actual, rare, mortar itself! This would be a great location to preserve as a museum in fact. But that mortar just blows my mind!
Now back to watch the rest of the video. I'm so excited for you; I'd also be jumping out of my boots at the stuff left behind here.
And a special kudos to Eagle Eyes, who seems to see all hehe.
Perfect bunkre and so glad we could share this with you. Thanks my friend :)
28:08 hand crank Generator. Electrifies the motty in case of electrical failure?
I have no clue actually. Thanks for being here :)
I see the Rheinmetall AG emblem on some of those armor castings, sort of an hourglass inside a circle. They are still in business today.
Cool and thanks for watching :)
The thing in the room with the flywheel,cranking handle on the side and propshaft in the floor must have been some sort of inertia starter/ power generation system for the grenade launcher
We really cant tell , interesting thing and what a EPIC discovery my friend :)
GREAT FIND!!!!!!!!!!
Totally so and thanks my friend :)
I agree that it was absolutely an amazing find. To accurately find an intact automated mortar . Thank you both for this amazing video. Why don't ya'll invest in some water proof boots or something, so ya'll can enter more places that have water in them?
All our pleasure and thanks for watching.
I wonder if morel mushrooms grow in your area that you usually explore. Eagle Eyes could make you many Euros. Morels are a delicacy here in the states that sell for upwards of $45 a pound. You need to keep some plastic bread wrappers and rubber bands in your pockets. Used them growing up during winter time to keep feet dry in the snow.
I dont know about the mushrooms but could be. Thanks for watching.
Excellent 😮😊 can't believe there still out there to be found.. idea for you too though.. I can understand carrying wellies might be an issue but I used to carry industrial rubbish bags and just put them over my walking boots and upto knees... excellent way in not having to carry to much.. 🙂.. stay safe 🏴
good tip and thanks for watching.
Anyone else see the mortar shells? In the magazine on the left. Thank you for risking yourself for the video
Where were they ? Thanks for watching.
@@WW2HistoryHunter the bottom left of the mortar before you went up. Could see a rusty box with the tailfins.
@@WW2HistoryHunter time of 19 minutes 25 seconds. Sure looks like a full magazine. Please be careful. Love the videos by the way. Also I think the top of the mortar isn't concrete it looks very much like asbestos. If it is please please please wear a mask in future. Thanks for your efforts guys
WOW just WOW 👍👍👍
FANTASTIC!!
Appreciated my friend :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter You’re welcome my friend!
Coolbeens awesome find
Appreciate you my friend and thanks :)
Congratulations my friends on your find
Thanks so much my friend :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter you are welcome my friends and thank you for sharing your adventures
Ya gotta feel sory for Deiter, Frederick & Heinz maintaining the pumps while swatting mosquitoes at the same time.
There you go and thanks for watching :)
Wow !!!
Thanks so much :)
EYYYY!
Thanks for being here :)
Another adventure let’s gooooo 🗣️🗣️
Thanks so much :)
Bunker!!
Thanks for watching :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter Thanks for posting great videos, sorry havent been able to watch for a while been very busy
Yes, WOW! Maybe they loaded the rounds in the floor and the cabinet, with turning the lever, sent the ammo to the automated motor. Those rooms should be saved!
I really cant tell and i agree someone should really do something to keep these room in better condition. Thanks so much my friend :)
Totally Awesome guys a real Rare weapon system and that bunker system was not totally stripped for all of its steel & wiring after the war. Incredible like just Fantastic wow Im excited too. You guys need to invest in some Waders that way you can walk into these wet areas without fear of getting you toes wet lol. Now for the main question have you notified the relevant authorities of this site? they may wish to investigate themselve??. I' am so glad I invest in on these trips you guys make thanks both HH & EE for all you guys do. Stay safe now..
We will look into that my friend and thanks so much for your great support :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter no worries mate☺
Nice 😊
Thanks 😊
Outstanding find guys. Really wish yall would bring waders with you would save you from wet feet :)
There were about 12 of these in Norway.
We appreciate yo being here with us :)
Norway had a large amount of these bunkers. R-633 I believe.
Thanks for watching my friend :)