{"id":2126,"date":"2022-11-03T21:11:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bunkermuseumantwerpen.be\/?page_id=2126"},"modified":"2022-11-08T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T17:28:24","slug":"r618","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bunkermuseumantwerpen.be\/en\/r618\/","title":{"rendered":"R618"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This type was designed in 1942 as a communication bunker for higher staffs such as divisions or corps.\nThe R618 accommodated 9 soldiers who provided communication for the staff by telephone and radio. Of the 20 copies that were built, only a handful remain.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Most of the bunker consisted of rooms with equipment and personnel needed to receive and transmit all the messages. In the long narrow space there were several antenna niches, about which you can learn more in the museum. Messages also had to be \"encrypted\" with code, which was done with the famous enigma machine. Every day a new key was set on this machine to decrypt incoming messages and encrypt own messages.\u00a0<\/p>

A smaller part to the right of the bunker, with a wider entrance, functioned as a storage place for equipment. The 3d image shows the storage with a wooden shelf to store spare telephone cables.\nBatteries were stored in the room to the right and they could also be recharged via the electricity grid.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Antenna room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  2. Radio-officer key room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  3. Radio room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  4. Switch room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  5. Telephone exchange<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  6. Report room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  7. Switch command post<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  8. Cable room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  9. Charging area<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  10. Heating room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  11. Defensive room<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n
  12. Open observation post<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n