Today we traveled into France to see the Maginot Line and visit Strasbourg (yes it is in France). The Maginot Line bunker we visited was interesting we walked 3km (~2 miles) of tunnel to see everything in that particular bunker to include the living area, power plant, hospital area and of course the munitions and guns. It is about a constant 15C or around 60F in the tunnels and bunker. To transport items they used electric powered mini trains which ran down track inside the bunker tunnels. The living quarters were kind of tight especially if you were not an officer. The power generators were huge and used multiple large inline 6 cylinder engines (the cylinder were close to a foot in diameter) to produce the power needed. The counter weights to move the turrets up and down are impressive and still contain all the necessary the gears to move the turrets. I also determined that medium caliber munitions racks would double nicely as a wine rack (I need to...
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