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Bloc 1 Ouvrage Velosnes

Velosnes is an artillery ouvrage of the Maginot Line in the Montmédy sector. It was built from 1934 to 1939.
Block 1 had a tourelle (lifting turret) with two machine guns and a 25mm anti-tank gun. During the war the Germans dismantled this ouvrage; part of the tourelle from block 1 remains.

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Source

  • Text: Hans Vermeulen
  • Photos: Adri Kramer

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