The 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.
Block 1 (entry): one Machine gun turret and two machine gun embrasures.
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.
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.
A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.
Type of work: Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
Sector: Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné/Briançonnais, Sub-sector Haute-Clarée - Guisane
Regiment: 82nd Batailllon Alpin de Fortresse
Number of blocks:1, Strength: 1 officer, 40 men, Year of construction: 1940
Controlled by: France, Status: Abandoned, Built by: CORF
Materials: Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/wars: Italian invasion of France
Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
More information:
Col de la Buffère (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be (French)
WikiMaginot.eu
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