Glossary

AOK: Armee Oberkommando, army headquarters
Bauform: construction plan
EB: Eisenbahnbatterie: railroad battery
Festung: fortress
GR: grenadier regiment
HKAA: Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilung, army coastal artillery regiment
IR: infantry regiment
MAA: Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung: navy artillery regiment
MKB: Marine Küsten Batterie: navy coastal battery
OB: Offene Bettung; open platform
Regelbau: construction standard, sometimes abbreviated as R when used with a particular plan, for example R621.
SK: Sonderkonstruktion: special design, not Regelbau
StP: Stützpunkt, strongpoint (company-sized)
Tobruk: A class of small bunkers with circular openings for a crew-served weapon
Tonne: Metric ton (1,000kg; 2.204lb)
Vf: Verstarkfeldmässig; reinforced field position such as a tobruk
Westwall: German fortifications created in the late 1930s on the French–German border, also known as Siegfried line
WN: Wiederstandnest, strongpoint (platoon-sized); sometimes abbreviated as “W” in the 709th Infantry Division sector
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