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Ouvrage Col de la Buffère

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Controlled by
  
France

In use
  
Abandoned

Built by
  
CORF

Ouvrage Col de la Buffère

Materials
  
Concrete, steel, rock excavation

Battles/wars
  
Italian invasion of France

Similar
  
Ouvrage Col du Granon, Ouvrage Col de Restefond, Ouvrage La Moutière, Ouvrage Les Aittes, Ouvrage Le Lavoir

Ouvrage Col de Buffere is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one combat block at an altitude of 2,393 metres (7,851 ft) on the Col de la Buffère. Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete.

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 turret and two machine gun embrasures.
  • Block 2 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.
  • Block 3 (uncompleted): one machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.

    • A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.

    References

    Ouvrage Col de la Buffère Wikipedia
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