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MAGINOT LINE
A Fort

ARTILLERY BLOCK

This block is the most important block of the fort. The block is equal to the infantry block but much bigger. There are different types of artillery blocks

  • A block with a retractable turret. This block has 3 levels and the height of a small flat.

  • A block with three 75 canons. The block is 44 weight and 7 meter height. The three canons are gradual in the block. Because of the  size the blocks are an easy target for the enemy artillery. In 1940 the Germans fired and block of Fermont and in 1944 the Americans fired and the blocks of Hackenberg and Simserhof.

The artillery blocks have a direct connect with observation posts in  the surrounding (controlled by the artillery commando post).