Bunker CS 24 Sougné

This is bunker CS 24 from the Comblain-Sougné sector of the 1st line of defense line for the city of Liège, la Position Fortifiée de Liège 1 (PFL 1).

This was the last sector of the PFL 1. This sector ran west into sector Sougné-Becco (SB). Sector CS consisted of 31 bunkers to the south and west of the once planned but never built, Fort de Sougné-Remouchamps.

The bunker is located at the border of a foresttrail. It is a smaller bunker with one gun opening for a cannon. This was a 47 mm anti-tank cannon. The walls and ceiling of the bunkers from the PFL line are 1.3 meters thick of reinforced concrete. They could withstand shelling with 150mm shells.

Over the years, the bunker has become partially overgrown, but is easily found next to the foresttrail. The bunker is still accessible but, due to the presence of a stretsher and various garbage, seems to have been used more often as a shelter for the past years.

When the bunkers lost their strategic value for the defense of Belgium after the war, the metal of the hatches and doors was sold as scrap metal. Also, most of the plots on which they stood were sold, so many bunkers now are located on private plots.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski