Block 4
This block, armed
with three 75 mm canons, fires direction east to the next fort
Latiremont. On the 17 June 1940 this block was attacked with a 88 mm canon.
After half a day there was a hole in the wall of the block. The attack was stopped and the
same night the hole was repaired.
Photo: the 2nd canon with at the right the temporary repair after the attach
of June
(source :brochure Fermont J.Y Mary)
Armament:
3 embrasures
for 75 mm canons
1 turret
for machine gun
1 turret
for heavy machine gun
Crew:
artillery: 1 officer, 7 non-commissioned officers
and 48 men
infantry: 1 non-commissioned officers
and 5 men
Engineers: 1 non-commissioned officers
and 9 men
