Description
The town of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche is located on a shelf between the Vosges mountains and the valley of the Sarre, tunneled beneath by plaster mines. The valley extends into Germany and forms a natural axis of attack. The constructed p;ortions of Rohrbach are on the edge of an escarpment, while most of the proposed additional blocks, as well as the entries, were to be located several hundred meters to the rear in a ravine, tunneled under the village.
The ouvrage itself comprises one entrance block and two infantry blocks.
- Block 1: Infantry block with one machine gun (JM)/47mm anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47), two machine gun embrasure (JM), one retractable mixed arms turret and two automatic rifle cloches (GFM).
- Block 2: Infantry block with three automatic rifle embrasures, one mixed arms cloche (AM) and one GFM cloche
- Block 3: Infantry block with two twin machine gun embrasures, one JM/AC437 embrasure, one retractable twin machine gun turret and two GFM cloches.
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