Ouvrage Col du Granon

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Built by CORF Controlled by France		In use Abandoned

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

Ouvrage Col du Granon is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block and one observation block covering the Col du Granon as part of the defenses of Briançon and Grenoble. The ouvrage lies at an altitude of 2,329 metres (7,641 ft).

Description

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

Block 1 (entry): two machine gun embrasures.

Block 2 (unbuilt): one MOM block for a Hotchkiss machine gun.

Block 3 (infantry): one machine gun cloche, one light and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.

Block 4 (infantry): one machine gun/observation cloche.

Annex: a small flanking position, unique in the Maginot Line, with one twin Reibel machine gun emplacement.

References

Ouvrage Col du Granon Wikipedia

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