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What a smasher Jim.
General Urbex Photos Thread! - 2
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I popped back to Kluczewo airport for a revisit to try and tie up some loose ends. After 3 hours of mooching, I managed to see about 70% of the stuff I missed the first time I visited.
GRANIT special ammunition bunker for the storage of nuclear warheads.
Telephone sign.
Trashed buildings.
Rifle range. Pretty big one at that. Interesting use of reinforced walls as a backstop. I wasn't able to recover any interesting rounds, it seems like they were using iron bullets.
Writing on the wall. Haven't a clue what it says and I'm unable to find a translation online. All I know is, it looks cool
It wouldn't be me if I didn't have a brew up!
Frozen rain, cool temperatures and the general emptiness of the place made for a pleasurable afternoon's spore. I still need to see the accommodation blocks and the extant underground bunker. Perhaps I'll drop back in the new year.
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Jim, are you basing your comments about iron bullets because there was a lack copper/nickel alloy bullets heads to be found around the backstop? To fire iron, rifle calibre bullet heads, the bullets would need copper driving bands - i.e. like 20mm shells. If this was not done, accuracy would be crap - bullet too slack in barrel bore (to prevent premature bore wear). Bullet tight in bore to grip rifling, accuracy very good ( barrel bores will start to wear out after a few rounds) Have seen many Polish ranges (Polish rifle club mates) from that era and always assumed lack of 'copper' heads on Polish ranges due to the locals reclaiming them for the scrap value. Shot full bore rifles for many years and not seen an example of an iron bullet head in small bore calibers.
Nice images. I find continental wartime/cold war concrete interesting. Thanks for the viewing.
Jim, are you basing your comments about iron bullets because there was a lack copper/nickel alloy bullets heads to be found around the backstop? To fire iron, rifle calibre bullet heads, the bullets would need copper driving bands - i.e. like 20mm shells. If this was not done, accuracy would be crap - bullet too slack in barrel bore (to prevent premature bore wear). Bullet tight in bore to grip rifling, accuracy very good ( barrel bores will start to wear out after a few rounds) Have seen many Polish ranges (Polish rifle club mates) from that era and always assumed lack of 'copper' heads on Polish ranges due to the locals reclaiming them for the scrap value. Shot full bore rifles for many years and not seen an example of an iron bullet head in small bore calibers.
Nice images. I find continental wartime/cold war concrete interesting. Thanks for the viewing.
There were some thin splattered copper jackets in the walls, with rusty cores, so I'm under the assumption they were doing things on the cheap or perhaps they were AP rounds? Not sure if they were doing something similar to what the Germans did in WWI when they were short on metals. Wouldn't surprise me as lot of produce and materials went to Russia from what I've been told by family elders. I poked around in the earth for 10 minutes and couldn't find anything whole or in good condition. Normally when I hit UK ranges for a prod around in the soil I find rounds within about 2 seconds. Wouldn't surprise me if they were collecting them for scrap, I've seen people picking out tin cans from bins and everything. Wieśniaks...(a sort of derogatory word for villagers) collect and pinch everything.
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Number four is especially tasty ;-)
There are a few of the technical site buildings left at Bagpuss if you wander round the industrial estate. Of those all but one were in use last time I was there. To the south there were a couple of very overgrown TB huts but I fell foul of a grumpy farmer as I walked round the peritrack to go and look. Close to the group of Romney huts if you know those.
Very nice. The fourth shot is my favourite as well.
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Awesome collection Konrad.
Fine selection of conveyor shots, Mr.K.
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Blimey. Serious stuff Pinchbeck!
Been such a long time since I have posted!
The lovely St Georges
Class shot, Mr.Ballz. Pea soupy everywhere it seems.
Superb shot. A bit of fog does help in creating an arty photograph.
