Bunker Ink7

Machine gun bunker, armed with 2 machine guns, back wall had submachine gun ports for close-range defence.

The bunker was built by the Engineering battalion in 1937, and was only fit for accommodation, not for combat. Front walls of the machine gun chambers were protected with armour plates. The bunker was made fit for combat in summer 1939, the most important works included:

gunports for machine guns were cut in the front armor plates of machinegun chambers
machine guns were brought and installed in the bunker
the accommodation chamber of the bunker received gas insulation equipment
doors were added
stove and chimney were repaired
ventilation and pipe system were istalled
the well was cleaned and equipped with pressure pump
accommodation chamber and machine gun chamber were eqcuipped with running water and sewage system
water insulation and protective concrete were renewed on the roof
layer of stones and soil added to cover the front wall of the bunker

Thus the bunker was in full combat readiness

The bunker in its present condition. The armour plates are displaced, the bunker is blown up from inside.

Damage of the front wall of Ink7, apparently caused by a direct hit of a heavy shell.

Close-up on the damage

View of the damaged spot inside the bunker. Apparently, Finnish defenders of the bunker tried to fill the hole with pieces of rails.