Ouvrage Kobenbusch

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Coordinates: 49°26′00″N, 6°14′00″E

Ouvrage Kobenbusch
Part of Maginot Line
Northeast France
Ammunition entrance
Built
Construction materials	Concrete, steel
In use
Controlled by	France
Battles/wars	Battle of France

Ouvrage Kobenbusch

Type of work:	Large artillery work (Grand ouvrage)
sector	Fortified Sector of Thionville
Work number:	A13
Number of blocks:	9
Strength:	510

Ouvrage Kobenbush was an grand ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville in the Cattenom forest. It possessed 7 combat blocks and 2 entrance blocks, one for ammunition and the other for men. It was located between petit ouvrage Bois Karre and petit ouvrage Oberheid.

Contents 1 History 2 Description 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

[edit] History

Today, the ouvrage is flooded by the cooling water lake of the nearby Cattenom nuclear power station.

[edit] Description

• Ammunition entrance: two automatic rifle cloches (GFM), 3 FM embrasures and a machine gun/47mm anti-tank gun (JM/AC47) embrasure.
• Personnel entrance: one GFm cloche and one JM/AC47 embrasure.
• Block 1: one machine gun turret and GFM cloche.
• Block 2: one machine gun embrasure (JM), a JM/AC47 embrasure and two GFM cloches.
• Block 3: one observation cloche (VDP) and a GFM cloche.
• Block 4: one machine-gun turret, a machine gun cloche (JM) and a GM cloche.
• Block 5: one 75mm turret and a GFm cloche.
• Block 6: one 50mm mortar turret and a GFM cloche.
• Block 7: three 75mm gun embrasures, two GFM cloches and a [[LG cloche|grenade launcher cloche (LG).

[edit] References

• Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
• Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5

[edit] External links

• Gros Ouvrage du Kobenbusch (French)
• The Maginot Line

[edit] See also

• List of all works on Maginot Line
• Siegfried Line
• Atlantic Wall
• Czechoslovak border fortifications

v • d • e Maginot line Fortified sector of Escaut Eth Fortified sector of Maubeuge Sarts • Bersillies • Salmagne • Boussois Fortified sector of Montmédy Ferté • Chesnois • Thonnelle • Velosnes Fortified sector of Crusnes Ferme Chappy • Fermont • Latiremont • Mauvais Bois • Bois du Four • Bréhain • Aumetz Fortified sector of Thionville Rochonvillers • Molvange • Soetrich • Kobenbusch • Galgenberg • Métrich • Billig • Immerhof • Bois Karré • Oberheid • Sentzich Fortified sector of Boulay Hackenberg • Mont des Welches • Michelsberg • Anzeling • Coucou • Hobling • Bousse • Berenbach • Bovenberg • Denting • Village Coume • Coume Annexe Nord • Coume • Coume Annexe Sud • Mottemberg Fortified sector of Faulquemont Kerfent • Bambesch • Einseling • Laudrefang • Téting Fortified sector of the Sarre Haut-Poirier Fortified sector of the Lauter Simserhof • Schiesseck • Welschhof • Rohrbach • Otterbiel Fortified sector of the Vosges Grand Hohekirkel • Four à Chaux • Lembach Petit Maginot Line Alpine Line '