Cloche GFM

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GFM bell at "Ouvrage de Molvange"
GFM bell at "Ouvrage de Molvange"

Cloches GFM are most importants protection elements on the Maginot Line. Cloches GFM are a kind of cupola located on the top of many blocks. GFM means: Guet - light machine-gun (in French: Guet - Fusil-Mitrailleur). They are 1,118 on all the line. Each hoppers are then equipped by crenels who constitute the equipment of each cupola. This equipment is rather variable from one to each others and is flexible. The crenels can be equipped with:

  • Light machine gun
  • Block episcopic (very small armoured pane of direct vision)
  • Block binoculars
  • Periscope (located on the top of the bell)
  • Mortar of 50 mm.


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