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Ouvrage Saint-Roch is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. Small for a ''gros ouvrages'', the ouvrage consists of one entry block, one artillery block and two observation blocks overlooking Sospel at an altitude of . The position is located just to the southwest of Sospel, its entrance block in a narrow valley and the artillery block on the other side of the ridge overlooking Sospel. The ''ouvrage'' is laid out along a single line, with the entry block to the rear, immediately followed by the ''usine'', with barracks farther along and Blocks 2 and 3 at intervals. The position's main armament is concentrated in Block 4, a massive blockhouse designed to protect against rockfalls from higher up the mountain.〔Mary, Tome 5, pp. 60–61〕〔Kaufmann 2011, p. 275〕 == Description == Ouvrage Saint-Roch was built between November 1930 and June 1932, starting with a contractor named Marting and finishing with Roussel. The cost was 12.7 million francs, of which the armament cost 2,128,000 francs〔Mary|, Tome 4. p. 29〕 *Block 1 (entry): one machine gun cloche and two machine gun embrasures. *Block 2 (observation): one machine gun/observation cloche. *Block 3 (infantry): one machine gun cloche and one grenade launcher cloche. *Block 4 (artillery): three twin machine gun cloches, two twin machine gun embrasures, one 75mm/29cal gun embrasure, and four 81mm mortar embrasures. A fifth block on the crest of the mountain was proposed but not built, to house a GFM cloche. Two observation posts were associated with Saint-Roch, including Campoast, armed with one machine gun and twin automatic rifle positions.〔 Saint-Roch and an associated museum are open for visitation year-round. The facilities are operated by the ''Association de l'Armée des Alpes'',〔Kaufmann 2011, p. 276〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ouvrage Saint-Roch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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