Ouvrage Téting

The site was surveyed by the Commission d'Organisation des Régions Fortifiées (CORF), the Maginot Line's design and construction agency, and was approved for construction in January 1931. Téting was completed at a cost of 11 million francs by the contractor Générale des Travaux Publics.Mary, Tome 1, p. 52 The petit ouvrage{{#tag:ref|English-language sources use the French term ouvrage as the preferred term for the Maginot positions, in preference to "fort", a term usually reserved for older fortifications with passive defenses in the form of walls and ditches.Kaufmann 2006, p. 13 The literal translation of ouvrage in the sense of a fortification in English is "work." A gros ouvrage is a large fortification with a significant artillery component, while a petit ouvrage is smaller, with lighter arms.Kaufmann 2006, p. 20|group="nb"}} was to be expanded in a second phase with an 81mm mortar turret and a separate entrance block.Mary|, Tome 3, p. 115

Téting comprises three infantry blocks. Blocks 1 and 2 are linked by deep underground galleries, which also provide modest space for barracks, utilities and ammunition storage. The galleries are excavated at an average depth of up to {{convert|30|m|ft}}. Block 3 is not connected. A plan to provide gallery access to the block in Phase 2 was not undertaken.Mary, Tome 2, p. 117

• Block 1: Infantry block with one automatic rifle cloche (GFM) and two twin machine gun cloches (JM).{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=4020|title=Teting (po de) Bloc 1|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|last2=Aublet |first2=Jean-Louis |last3=Mainguin |first3=Sylvie|year=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=2 June 2010}}
• Block 2: Infantry block with one GFM cloche, one grenade launcher cloche (LG) and one retractable twin machine gun turret, one twin machine gun embrasure and one machine gun/anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47).{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=4021|title=Teting (po de) Bloc 2|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|year=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=2 June 2010|display-authors=etal}}
• Block 3: Infantry/entry block with two GFM cloches, one twin machine gun embrasure and one machine gun/anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47). The block was heavily damaged by German bombardment in 1940.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=4022|title=Teting (po de) Bloc 3|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|year=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=2 June 2010|display-authors=etal}}

In addition to the connected combat blocks and Block 3, two small blockhouses mounting light arms are mixed among the combat blocks. A series of detached casemates and infantry shelters surround Téting, including

• Casemate du Bois-de-Laudrefang Nord: SIngle block with one mortar cloche, one GFM-A cloche and one GFM-A/B cloche.
• Casemate du Bois-de-Laudrefang Sud: SIngle block with one mortar cloche, one GFM-A cloche and one GFM-A/B cloche.
• Casemate de Téting: SIngle artillery block with two 75mm gun embrasures and a GFM cloche, located well to the rear.

The 1940 manning of the ouvrage under the command of Lieutenant Marchelli comprised 125 men and 2 officers of the 146th Fortress Infantry Regiment. The units were under the umbrella of both the 3rd and 4th Armies, Army Group 2.Mary, Tome 3, p. 111 The Casernement de Téting provided peacetime above-ground barracks and support services to Téting and other positions in the area.{{cite web|url=http://www.darkplaces.org/Frankreich/WW2/Ligne_Maginot/SF_de_Faulquemont/SF_de_Faulquemont.html|title=Festungsabschnitt Faulquemont |last=Wahl|first=J.B.|publisher=darkplaces.org|language=de|access-date=27 May 2010}}

:See Fortified Sector of Faulquemont for a broader discussion of the Faulquemont sector of the Maginot Line.

Following the 15 June 1940 breakthrough by German forces through the Saar gap, the Germans advanced along the rear of the Maginot Line. The German 167th Infantry Division approached Kerfent, Bambesch, Einseling and Téting on 19 June. On 21 June 1940 Téting came under attackKaufmann 2006, p. 172 from 8.8cm guns. Covering fire from the 81mm mortars of Laudrefang prevented the Germans from directly assaulting Téting.Mary, Tome 3, p. 212 The ouvrage survived until the Second Armistice at Compiègne took effect on 25 June, when it surrendered.Mary, Tome 3, p. 210

After World War II, Téting was in poor condition and was not chosen for renovation.Mary, Tome 5, p. 163

Téting is abandoned and vandalized, but retains some of its equipment.

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