Description
Flaut was built between November 1931 and March 1935, by a contractor named Borie. The cost was 23.5 million francs. The ouvrage is laid out in the shape of a T, with a gallery running straight into the hillside to block 3 with the barracks, ammunition magazine and usine in galleries to either side. Halfway to Block 3 a long gallery extends to the left, connecting to blocks 4 and 5.
- Block 1 (entry): one machine gun cloche, one grenade launcher cloche and one machine gun/47mm anti-tank gun embrasure.
- Block 2 (artillery): one machine gun cloche and two 81mm mortar embrasures.
- Block 3 (artillery): one machine gun cloche, two heavy twin machine gun cloches, one observation cloche and two 76mm gun embrasures.
- Block 4 (artillery): one machine gun cloche, one heavy twin machine gun cloche, one observation cloche, one heavy twin machine gun embrasure and two 81mm mortar embrasures.
- Block 5 (infantry): one machine gun cloche, one observation cloche and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.
A sixth block was proposed with a 75mm gun turret but not built. Five observation posts reported to Flaut, including Caire-Saint-Saveur, Tête Saint-Saveur, and Castel-Viel.
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