Ouvrage Col de la Buffère

Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Coordinates 44°59′25″N 6°33′35″E / 44.99040°N 6.55970°E / 44.99040; 6.55970
Site information
Controlled by France
Site history
Built by CORF
In use Abandoned
Materials Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/wars Italian invasion of France
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Type of work: Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné/Briançonnais
└─Haute-Clarée - Guisane, Quartier Bufere-Granon
Regiment: 82nd Batailllon Alpin de Fortresse
Number of blocks: 1
Strength: 1 officer, 40 men

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.

A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.[4]

See also

References

  1. Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Sortie de secours". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

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