Ouvrage Col du Fort
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Ouvrage Col du Fort is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line
's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line
. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block and one observation block at an elevation of 1717 metres (5,633.2 ft). An additional block was planned but not built.
The Granges-de-la-Brasque barracks is located nearby.
Maginot Line
The Maginot Line , named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates, machine gun posts, and other defences, which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy, in light of its experience in World War I,...
's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line
Alpine Line
The Alpine Line or Little Maginot Line was the component of the Maginot Line that defended the southeastern portion of France...
. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block and one observation block at an elevation of 1717 metres (5,633.2 ft). An additional block was planned but not built.
Description
- Block 1 (entry, not completed): two machine gun embrasures, never armed.
- Block 2 (entry): one machine gun embrasure and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.
- Block 3 (observation): one observation clocheVDP clocheThe VDP cloche was an element of the Maginot Line fortifications. A cloche was a fixed and non-retractable firing position made of a thick iron casting which shielded its occupant. By comparison, turrets could be rotated and sometimes lowered so that only the top shell was exposed. VDP cloches...
. - Block 3 (observation): one observation clocheVDP clocheThe VDP cloche was an element of the Maginot Line fortifications. A cloche was a fixed and non-retractable firing position made of a thick iron casting which shielded its occupant. By comparison, turrets could be rotated and sometimes lowered so that only the top shell was exposed. VDP cloches...
. - Block 4 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. Only an opening to the gallery exists, work was interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1940.
The Granges-de-la-Brasque barracks is located nearby.
External links
- Col du Fort (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be