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in the south - but this was with the greatest possible charge. Each barrel fired 3 shells at full charge, this caused an earth quake, shattered all windows in Fjell and flattened some barns. The guns were never fired at full charge again, so under a reduced charge the correct range at Fjell would be
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at the fortress, it was necessary to dig 17 metres vertically into the mountain. This was considered a time-consuming task, so the main entrance and gun emplacement were constructed as an open ditch, and later covered with concrete, instead of blasting a tunnel into and down in the solid rock. As a
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After sending a petition, the municipal authorities was offered by the
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The gun emplacement has today a protective cover, which houses a café. The area around the emplacement has been changed a lot from what it looked like originally. Today, it is not representative for what it looked like during the years when the gun was
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The work was mainly carried out by prisoners from eastern Europe, but also
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around 37 km. The guns originally weighed 600 tons, the armour was increased to a total weight of 1,000 metric tons.
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