Maginot Line

line of fortifications along the French/German border

thumb|300px|A Cointet-element on a beach, rigged with explosive "sausages" by an American Underwater Demolition Team. thumb|300px|Cointet-element at Colleville-sur-Mer The Cointet-element, also known as a Belgian Gate or C-element, was a heavy steel fence about wide and high, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile anti-tank obstacle during World War II. Each individual fence element weighed about and was movable (e.g. with two horses) through the use of two fixed and one rotating roller. Its invention is attributed to a French colonel (later general), Léon-Edmond de Cointet d

French fort

Maginot Line at Villy and La Ferté-sur-Chiers (Ardennes, France)

gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line

Maginot Line fortification in France

gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line

museum in France

Maginot Line fort in France

fort in France