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Fortified Sector of Haguenau The Fortified Sector of Haguenau (''Secteur Fortifiée de Haguenau'') was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the most easterly section of the Maginot Line, to the north of Strasbourg. The left (western) wing of the Haguena ...

for a broader discussion of the Haguenau sector of the Maginot Line.'' The Casemate de Rountzenheim Sud is an interval infantry casemate of the

Maginot Line The Maginot Line (french: Ligne Maginot, ), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force the ...

. The

casemate A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which artillery, guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary When referring to Ancient history, antiquity, th ...

is in the town of Rœschwoog in France, behind the campsite, to the south of the railway.

Description

The

is a simple flanking one, meaning that it has only one firing chamber which is directed towards the north. It has an underground gallery connecting to its neighbour, the Casemate de Rountzenheim Nord. It was built in 1932 to accommodate 15 troops, a warrant officer and an officer. Its dimensions are: 19 by 14 metres, for 7.5 metres in height. The top concrete measures 2 metres in thickness and the external walls 2.25 metres for the exposed walls and 1 metre for the back walls. The interior is organised on only one level, with: * An entrance corridor * A restroom * A firing chamber * A latrine * An access shaft to the underground gallery * A water reserve

Armament

For its close defence, the casemate has two light machine guns of 7.5 mm and a GFM cloche. One machine gun protects the entrance door, and the other is at the embrasure of the firing chamber and the diamant ditch. In the firing chamber are two twin 7.5 mm machine guns, one of them may be replaced by a 37 mm anti-tank gun. A 50 mm mortar could be fitted to GFM cloche.

External links

The AALMA website
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