The battery installed on the actual beach at Riva-Bella, in the spring of 1942, was made up of six 155-mm guns placed in concrete pits. Its main job was to control the mouth of the Orne and its canal.

    Because of their vulnerability to air attacks, and due to the absence of protective casemates, the guns were removed from their emplacements in May 1944 and transported inland. The battery therefore played no role whatsoever on D-Day.