Ouvrage Latiremont
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| Ouvrage Latiremont | |
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| Part of Maginot Line | |
| Northeast France | |
 Block 6, front |
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| Built | |
| Construction materials |
Concrete, steel |
| In use | Abandoned |
| Controlled by | France |
| Battles/wars | Battle of France |
| Type of work: | Large artillery work (Grand ouvrage) |
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| sector └─sub-sector |
Fortified Sector of Crusnes └─Sub-sector of Arrancy |
Ouvrage Latiremont is an ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Crusnes, sub-sector of Arrancy. It is located between the gros ouvrage Fermont and the petit ouvrage Mauvais Bois, facing Belgium.
This ouvrage has two entrances and six combat blocks.
- Ammunition entrance: two automatic rifle cloches (GFM), one machine gun/anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47).
- Personnel entrance: one GFM cloche, one grenade launcher cloche, one JM/AC47 embrasure
- Block 1: Infantry block with two machine gun cloches (JM) and one GFM cloche.
- Block 2: Infantry block with one machine-gun turret, one GFM cloche, one JM cloche and one periscope cloche (VDP).
- Block 3: Infantry block with one machine-gun turret and one GFM cloche.
- Block 4: Artillery block with one 81mm mortar turret, one JM embrasure, one JM/AC47 embrasure and one GFM cloche.
- Block 5: Artillery block with three 75mm gun embrasures, two GFM cloches and one [[LG cloche|grenade launcher cloche (LG).
- Block 6: Artillery block with three 75mm gun embrasures and two GFM cloches.
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- 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
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