German army artillery positions in Kimbartiškė Village
Fortification
The site can be reached by turning off road No. 5303 and continuing along forest roads.
From 1915–1918, this was the site of a complex of four artillery battery positions of the 88th Division of the German 8th Army, which fought against the Russian Army on this front. A German artillery battery consisted of 2–3 fire platoons and a fire control platoon or division. One battery had two covered casemates for the guns, staff quarters and ammunition depot. The casemates had to not only protect the guns, ammunition and personnel from shelling but also from aerial reconnaissance. All artillery gun emplacements, the fire correction point and the fire control section were connected by a telephone line. A concrete fire correction point, observation and shelter bunkers are preserved in this position.
Used sources and references:
"20th Century Fortification in Lithuania", Kaunas: Military Heritage Centre 2008.