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4. The Grotto
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dm-tpe_valmet_grotto02 The aeroplane factory has been a strategic target, which is one reason why huge underground sections exist. We peeked into the large caves briefly, slightly before the accesses were sealed for good.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto01 The caves have been semi-civil area, used for production needs but also having a strict military function.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto05 A communication diagram from times of a training operation, when a command center of some kind was located here.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto03 At the time of our visit the caves had been pumped empty of water. There had been up to 50 cm of water, which didn't stop first explorers from checking the maze out.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto06 Shelves of this room contained all you would need if shit hit the fan.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto10 Years in closed airspace and water all around have rusted everything that's of steel, here a scale of Raute.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto04 A Trestalker investigates a room unveiled by RFC. The material on tapes and film consists mostly of cold war archives and intelligence material of SuPo.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto07 Something weird in another large underground hall.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto09 The cold generation apparatus has chilled a room, where they tested durability of plain parts in cold temperatures.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto08 Another Trestalker checks the lovely, rusty details of this product from our Waffenbruders.
dm-tpe_valmet_grotto11 A little different kind of beauty ends the report. To see what the place really was like, check the Trestalkers page which contains good material from the caves.