Ouvrage La Ferte Block 2
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fortification, Maginot line
1 mixed weapons revolving turret with 2 25mm anti-tank guns, 2 light machine gun copulas, 2 mixed weapons copulas.
Block two had one of the light machine gun positions penetrated by an 88mm shell through a vision port. German pioneers later threw explosives into the damaged copula which disabled the blocks ventilation system and started a fire which doomed the entire Ouvrage and its garrison. The pioneers also blew the 50-ton revolving mixed weapons turret off of its base.
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Block two had one of the light machine gun positions penetrated by an 88mm shell through a vision port. German pioneers later threw explosives into the damaged copula which disabled the blocks ventilation system and started a fire which doomed the entire Ouvrage and its garrison. The pioneers also blew the 50-ton revolving mixed weapons turret off of its base.
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Wikipedia article: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouvrage_de_la_Ferté
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Coordinates: 49°35'5"N 5°13'59"E
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