Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
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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.
| Ouvrage Col de la Buffère | |
|---|---|
| Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line | |
| Southeast France | |
  Ouvrage Col de la Buffère | |
| Coordinates | 44.99040°N 6.55970°E |
| 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 |
- See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.
- Block 1 (entry): one Machine gun turret and two machine gun embrasures.[1]
- Block 2 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.[2]
- Block 3 (uncompleted): one machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.[3]
A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.[4]
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