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Maginot Line
line of fortifications along the French/German border
Cointet-element
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
Fort de la Redoute Ruinée
French fort
Ouvrage La Ferté
Maginot Line at Villy and La Ferté-sur-Chiers (Ardennes, France)
Ouvrage Hackenberg
gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg
Maginot Line fortification in France
Ouvrage Simserhof
gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line
Fort d'Illange
museum in France
Ouvrage Immerhof
Maginot Line fort in France
Ouvrage Fermont
fort in France