Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros
Part ofMaginot Line,Alpine Line
SoutheastFrance
Site information
Controlled by	France
Location
Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros
Coordinates	44°02′45″N7°12′28″E / 44.04596°N 7.20773°E /44.04596; 7.20773
Site history
Built by	CORF/MOM
In use	Abandoned
Materials	Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/wars	Italian invasion of France,Operation Dragoon
Garrison information
Garrison	64

Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of theMaginot Line's Alpine extension, theAlpine Line. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks at an altitude of 2,048 metres (6,719 ft). Additional blocks were planned but not built.^[1]

• Block 1 (west entry): unarmed, protected by Block 2.^[2]
• Block 2 (infantry): one machine gun embrasure, protects Block 1.^[3]
• Block 3 (not completed): oneobservation cloche planned.^[4]
• Block 4 (unbuilt): one machine gun embrasure and one twin heavy machine gun embrasure planned.^[5]

Theouvrage blocks access to the Col du Caire Gros from the north.^[6]

• List of Alpine Line ouvrages

• Allcorn, William.The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003.ISBN 1-84176-646-1
• Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W.Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, Stackpole Books, 2006.ISBN 0-275-98345-5
• Kaufmann, J.E., Kaufmann, H.W., Jancovič-Potočnik, A. and Lang, P.The Maginot Line: History and Guide, Pen and Sword, 2011.ISBN 978-1-84884-068-3
• Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques.Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 1. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2001.ISBN 2-908182-88-2(in French)
• Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques.Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009.ISBN 978-2-915239-46-1(in French)
• Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques.Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009.ISBN 978-2-35250-127-5(in French)

• Col du Caire Gros (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be(in French)
• Infos, localisation et photos de l'ouvrage de Caire Gros sur at www.wikimaginot.eu(in French)

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