Ouvrage Col de Restefond

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Controlled by France In use Abandoned		Built by CORF

Materials Concrete, steel, rock excavation Battles/wars Italian invasion of France Similar Ouvrage Col du Granon, Ouvrage Restefond, Ouvrage La Moutière, Ouvrage Col de Garde

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 2,680 metres (8,790 ft). Construction work was completed in 1934, but the ouvrage was not armed until 1938.

Description

See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.

Block 1 (entry): one machine gun cloche 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.

References

Ouvrage Col de Restefond Wikipedia

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