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Una cupola blindada amb diversos impactes; per la mida i la penetració crec que poden ser de rifle antitanc, arma encara força usual cap al 1940. El que desconec és si es tracta de danys en combat o senzillament proves posteriors en un camp de tir.

A la casamata Marckolsheim-Sud de la Linea Maginot hi ha el museu corresponent a la dita Linea Maginot del Rhin. Era un sector més debil que el del nord, ja que comptava amb el riu com a inmens obstacle davant seu. Però pocs dies abans de la rendició francesa, amb les casamates completament abandonades de tot suport de la infanteria i artilleria, la Wehrmach va fer una operació amfibia més per show i auto-bombo que altra cosa, mostrant que podia rebentar la Linea Maginot (fent trampa, esclar).

Fou la operacio Kleiner Bär (15 de juny de 1940), que atravessà ràpidament el Rhin, i en arribar a Marckolsheim atacà frontalment la casamata amb tir tens dels Flak 88mm i Stukas. Amb les dues cupoles malmeses o enterrades en runa, la infanteria es va poguer acostar a rebentar les espitlleres, forçant la rendició de la guarnició el 17 de juny de 1940.

Ara és un museu, però estava tancat quan hi varem passar.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casemate_de_Marckolsheim_Sud

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortified_Sector_of_Colmar

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This armored cupola stands in the Marckolsheim museum and was transported from elsewhere in the Maginot Line. It's quite damaged from what appear to be AT rifle impacts. What I do not know is if this is combat damage or fireground trials.

In the Marckolsheim-Sud casemate of the Maginot Line there is the museum corresponding to the so-called Maginot Line of the Rhine. It was a weaker sector than the one in the north, since it had the river as an immense obstacle in front of it. But a few days before the French surrender, with the casemates completely abandoned of all infantry and artillery support, the Wehrmach carried out an amphibious operation more for show and self-hype than anything else, showing that it could "break" the Maginot Line (they did not try that with fully suported fortifications a couple of months before...).

It was the operation Kleiner Bär (June 15, 1940), which quickly crossed the Rhine, and on reaching Marckolsheim attacked the casemate head-on with intense fire from Flak 88mm and Stukas. With both cupolas damaged or buried in rubble, the infantry were able to close in and blast the embrasures, forcing the surrender of the garrison on 17 June 1940.

Now it's a museum, but was closed this day.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casemate_de_Marckolsheim_Sud

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortified_Sector_of_Colmar
www.facebook.com/historateurs/photos/a.316510905742071/63...

Taken in: France / Grand Est / Arrondissement de Sélestat-Erstein / Marckolsheim (show map)

Taken on: December 8, 2023

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