Combat Bunker - Panzerwerk 996

This is one of the smallest—and indeed the only one—of the bunkers in the Biały Bór section that was once equipped with an armored combat turret featuring two embrasures (type 3aP7), which has since been blown up. The interior consists of only three rooms, of which the crew compartment is well-preserved. On the wall, one can find the remnants of large black letters “Pz.W” and the remains of a number that has since been obliterated (deliberately scraped off). The inscription was evidence of a kind of deception—specifically, a disinformation and propaganda campaign carried out by the Germans in the spring of 1939, aimed at artificially inflating the value of the fortifications built along the borders with Poland. The site is located on the marked route “West Pomeranian Fortifications—‘Forgotten Fortifications.’” Combat shelters with armored domes were most often built on hilltops, from where it was possible to monitor the surrounding area and fire across a wide sector.