Description
Monte Grosso, like L'Agaisen to the southeast, features gun turrets on a commanding height, at 967 meters. Monte Grosso possesses two turrets, one of 75mm and a unique 135mm turret, both retractable. Monte Grosso was built between November 1931 and June 1935, by a contractor named Borie. The cost was 40.4 million francs, of which 4.6 million francs were for the access road.
- Block 1 (entry): one machine gun cloche, one grenade launcher cloche and three machine gun embrasures.
- Block 2 (artillery): one machine gun cloche, one twin machine gun embrasure, two 75mm/29cal gun embrasures and two machine gun embrasures.
- Block 3 (mortar): one machine gun cloche and four 81mm mortar embrasures.
- Block 4 (artillery): one machine gun cloche and one twin 75mm/33cal gun turret.
- Block 5 (artillery): one grenade launcher cloche and one twin 135mm howitzer turret.
- Block 6 (infantry): one observation cloche, one machine gun cloche and two twin machine gun embrasures.
- Block 7 (infantry): one observation cloche, one machine gun cloche and twin machine gun embrasure.
An additional block near the entrance with a GFM cloche and two 75mm mortars was never built. The galleries extend along the length of the Monte Grosso ridge.
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