Ouvrage Col de Restefond
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Ouvrage Col de Restefond is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line
's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line
. The ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks. It is located directly adjacent to the Col de Restefond road at an altitude of 2680 metres (8,792.7 ft). Construction work was completed in 1934, but the ouvrage was not armed until 1938.
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 three infantry blocks. It is located directly adjacent to the Col de Restefond road at an altitude of 2680 metres (8,792.7 ft). Construction work was completed in 1934, but the ouvrage was not armed until 1938.
Description
- See Fortified Sector of the DauphinéFortified Sector of the DauphinéThe Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Alpine Line portion of the Maginot Line facing Italy in the vicinity of Briançon...
for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.- Block 1 (entry): one machine gun clocheGFM clocheThe GFM cloche was one of the most common defensive armaments on the Maginot Line. A cloche was a fixed and non-retractable firing position made of a thick iron casting which shielded its occupant...
and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. - Block 2 (south entry): one machine gun embrasure.
- Block 3 (south entry): one machine gun cloche and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.
- Block 1 (entry): one machine gun cloche
External links
- Restefond (petit ouvrage du col de) at fortiff.be