Casemate du Grand-Lot
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The casemate du Grand-Lot is an interval casemate CORF of the Maginot line, located in the city of Escherange, in the Lorraine region of France.
Position over the line
[edit]As part of the Angevillers or Œutrange subsector (the two names were used) in the fortified sector of Thionville, the Casemate du Grand-Lot, wearing the designation C 36, is integrated into the "main line of resistance "Between the Rochonvillers work (A 8, whose block 9 is detached near the casemate) to the south-west and the casemate of Escherange West (C 37) to the north-east, within the cross-shot range of the cannons of ouvrage Rochonvillers in the south-west and Molvange in the north-east.
Description
[edit]This double casemate was equipped with two GFM bells, two combinations for Reibel twinning and 47 mm anti-tank gun and two other Reibel twinning slots alone.
History
[edit]The casemate was ordered in 1940 by Lieutenant Klein. The west shooting room covered the highway D 58, which connects the villages of Angevillers and Escherange to the west and block 9 of the Rochonvillers GO (block 9 can be seen from the western bell of the casemate). The shooting room covered the casemate of Escherange Ouest.
Current state
[edit]The casemate has been restored and is now private property, open on certain occasions to the public.
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