Ouvrage Bois Karre

Infobox Military Structure
name=Ouvrage Bois Karre
partof=Maginot Line
location=Northeast France
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caption=Machine gun turret - note two GFM cloches to the rear


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materials=Concrete, steel
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condition=Preserved
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controlledby=France
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battles=Battle of France
events=Maginot Line Infobox
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type=POI
year=1930-1935
sector=Fortified Sector of Thionville
sub-sector=Sub-sector of Hettange-Grande
number=A11
regiment=168th Fortress Infantry Regiment (RIF)
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Ouvrage Bois Karre comprised part of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line, facing Luxembourg. The "petit ouvrage" was situated in the Cattenom Forest between the "gros ouvrages" Soetrich and Kobenbusch, just south of Boust.

Description

The single combat block comprises two firing chambers and one machine gun turret. The west firing chamber was armed with a machine gun embrasure and a machine gun/47mm anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47). The east firing chamber was similarly equipped. Four [GFM cloches|automatic rifle cloches (GFM) on the surface provided spotting for "ouvrage" Mettrich, along with a machine gun turret. The "usine" was equipped with two 40 horsepower Renault engines.

Manning

The garrison comprised 91 men of the 168th Fortress Infantry Regiment under Sub-Lieutenant Boulay.

Current condition

The "ouvrage" which retains a large portion of its equipment, has been restored and may be visited.

References

*Allcorn, William. "The Maginot Line 1928-45." Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
*Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. "Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II", 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5

Notes

See also

* List of all works on Maginot Line
* Siegfried Line
* Atlantic Wall
* Czechoslovak border fortifications