Casemate d'Auenheim Nord

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Type of work: Infantry casemate Constructed 1932		Strength: 20

sector Fortified Sector of Haguenau

Casemate d'Auenheim Nord is an infantry casemate of the Maginot Line located in the town of Auenheim, in Alsace.

Description

The casemate is a simple flanking one built in 1932 to take in an officer, a non commissioned officer and 20 troops.

Entrance with an armoured door, shooting room, a room for filters, a room for the electric power supply, 2 rest rooms and a latrine.

37 mm antitank gun

3 twinings of machine-gun of 7.5 mm

5 rifle machine-guns

2 50 mm mortars

grenade launchers

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