The GFM cloche was one of the most common defensive armaments on the Maginot Line. A cloche (bell) was a fixed and non-retractable firing position made...
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Maginot Line (redirect from Armoured cloche)
VP cloches but have two or three openings to provide a direct view. Consequently, they were not covered by concrete. GFM cloche JM cloche AM cloche LG...
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crowdfunding website Gesellschaft für Musikforschung (GfM), the German Musicological Society GFM cloche, a defensive armament on the Maginot Line Gloucester...
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The JM cloche was an element of the Maginot Line. It was a non-retractable non-rotating cupola of steel alloy like GFM cloches, but were armed with twin...
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to Lance-Grenade (grenade launcher). Unlike other cloches such as the GFM or the JM, the LG cloche was effectively "blind", possessing a single shuttered...
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periscope-type observation cloche (VDP) and a GFM cloche. Block 12: with a periscope-type observation cloche and two GFM cloches. Apart from Hochwald, Hackenberg...
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GFM cloche. As with Block 1, no ammunition hoist was provided. Block 3: Artillery block with one retractable twin 75 mm gun turret and one GFM cloche...
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GFM cloche and one grenade launcher cloche (LG). Block 6: Artillery block with one 135 mm gun turret, one GFM cloche and one grenade launcher cloche....
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embrasures, one grenade launcher cloche (LG), one GFM cloche and one JM cloche. Block 7: East entry block with two GFM cloches and two machine gun/47mm anti-tank...
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Périscopique. By comparison with the GFM cloche, the VDP cloche had narrower ports and was consequently lower in profile. VDP cloches were equipped with three embrasures...
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closer defence, the casemate has two light machine guns of 7.5 mm and a cloche GFM, one machine gun located in protection of the entrance door, the other...
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VDP cloche. Block 4: Artillery block with one GFM cloche, one JM cloche and two 81mm mortar embrasures. Block 5: Infantry block with two GFM cloches and...
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one 81 mm mortar turret and two GFM cloches Block 7: Observation block with one GFM cloche and one VDP periscope cloche. Block 8: Mixed block with one...
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one machine gun turret, one GFM cloche and one JM cloche. Block 7: Infantry block with one GFM cloche and one VDP cloche. A modern communications tower...
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embrasure, one VDP observation cloche and one GFM cloche. Casemate de Crusnes Est: Block with one mortar cloche and two GFM cloches. Casemate de Nouveau-Crusnes...
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observation cloche and one GFM cloche. Abri d'Hettange-Grande: Surface shelter for two infantry sections and a command post, with two GFM cloches. Abri du...
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embrasures and one GFM cloche. Block 6: Artillery block with 81 mm mortar turret and one GFM cloche. Block 7: Observatory block with one GFM cloche, one grenade...
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two automatic rifle cloches (GFM) and one machine gun/47 mm anti-tank gun (JM/AC47) embrasure. Personnel entry: shaft, one GFM cloche and one JM/AC47 embrasure...
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LG cloche and one GFM cloche. Block 7: Artillery block with one 135mm gun turret and two GFM cloches. Block 8: Artillery block with two GFM cloches and...
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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...
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automatic rifle cloche (GFM) and one twin machine gun cloche (JM). Block 2: Infantry block with one GFM cloche, one grenade launcher cloche (LG) and one...
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with one retractable mixed-arm turret, one AM cloche, one GFM-B cloche and one GFM-B observation cloche. Block 2 was the principal focus of the German...
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mortar cloche and one GFM cloche. Observatiore de la Ferme du Bois-du-Four: Observation block with one VP observation cloche and one GFM cloche, reporting...
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automatic rifle cloche (GFM) and one retractable twin machine gun turret. Block 2: Infantry block with one GFM cloches, one grenade launcher cloche (LG), one...
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with one GFM cloche and one retractable twin machine gun turret. Block 6: Infantry block with one GFM cloche, one VDP cloche, one JM cloche, one twin...
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rifle cloches (GFM), two mixed arms cloches (AM), and one machine gun/anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47). Block 2: Infantry block with one GFM cloche and...
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rifle cloche (GFM). Access forbidden. Block 2: Infantry block with two GFM cloches, one grenade launcher cloche (LG), one twin machine gun cloche (JM)...
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GFM cloche. Block 2: one machine gun embrasure (JM), a JM/AC47 embrasure and two GFM cloches. Block 3: one observation cloche (VDP) and a GFM cloche....
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infantry block with one GFM-B cloche and one mixed arms (AM) cloche. Block 3: infantry block with one GFM-B cloche, one AM cloche, one twin machine gun...
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mortar cloche and two GFM cloches. Casemate du Gros-Bois: Single block with one JM/AC47 embrasure, one JM embrasure, one mortar cloche and one GFM cloche. Abri...
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