Ouvrage Col du Fort

Ouvrage Col du Fort is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block and one observation block at an elevation of 1,717 metres (5,633 ft). An additional block was planned but not built.^[1]

Ouvrage Col du Fort
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Site information
Controlled by	France
Location
Ouvrage Col du Fort
Coordinates	44.02089°N 7.26024°E / 44.02089; 7.26024
Site history
Built by	CORF/MOM
In use	Abandoned
Materials	Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/wars	Battle of France, Operation Dragoon

Ouvrage Col du Fort
Type of work:	Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector └─sub-sector	Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps └─Tinée-Vésible, Quartier Tournairet-Vésubie
Regiment:	94th BAF
Number of blocks:	2
Strength:	1 officer, 63 men

Description

• Block 1 (entry, not completed): two machine gun embrasures, never armed.^[2]
• Block 2 (entry): one machine gun embrasure and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.^[3]
• Block 3 (observation): one observation cloche.^[4]
• Block 4 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. Only an opening to the gallery exists, work was interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1940.^[5]

The Granges-de-la-Brasque barracks is located nearby.^[6]

See also

• List of Alpine Line ouvrages