Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros
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Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line
's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line
. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks at an altitude of 2048 metres (6,719.2 ft). Additional blocks were planned but not built.
The ouvrage blocks access to the Col du Caire Gros from the north.
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 two entry blocks at an altitude of 2048 metres (6,719.2 ft). Additional blocks were planned but not built.
Description
- Block 1 (west entry): unarmed, protected by Block 2.
- Block 2 (infantry): one machine gun embrasure, protects Block 1.
- Block 3 (not completed): 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...
planned. - Block 4 (unbuilt): one machine gun embrasure and one twin heavy machine gun embrasure planned.
The ouvrage blocks access to the Col du Caire Gros from the north.
External links
- Col du Caire Gros (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be