"Belgian gates"

[OpanaPointer]

Famous at D-Day France. But what is the origin of the name? Actual Belgian farm entrance gates repurposed or just "damn, that looks like a Belgian gate!"?

[AvB]

All Belgian farms had to give up their fences to the Germans.

No, it’s a nickname for the Barrière Cointet or Cointet Element, after its inventor French Col Cointet. It was used in large numbers by the Belgian in their defence lines. 77.000 elements according to Wikipedia. They were reused by the Germans in their defensive positions as well.

[OpanaPointer]

T/Y

[moonraker]

hello,
yes, arthur is right,the name officiel is element of cointet. she clings to each other.

Me belfra-team

[Prosper Vandenbroucke]

Hello,
These “Barrage Cointet (named as is French conceptor) were also used by the Belgian army under the denomination Elements C. These differed slightly from the French version by the addition of additional bars preventing the passage of infantry through the formed barriers. The Belgian doctrine differed from the French doctrine by favoring their use to create barrages over great lengths.
A Barrage Cointet element:

Barrage Cointet.jpg

https://wikimaginot.eu/V70_glossaire_de ... id=1000019
An “Element C” or “Belgian Gate”

Belgian Gate.jpg

https://presqu-ile-de-crozon.com/guerre ... et-001.php
Kindly regards from Belgium
Prosper