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Bunker AV4/FM16 Asselkouter

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Bunker AV4/FM16 Asselkouter

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  • Location: Merelbeke, Gent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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    June 30, 2022

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    This is bunker AV4/FM16 of the Bunker Belt 'Bruggenhoofd Gent' at the Asselkouter in Munte. In 1990 this bunker was painted completely pink in honor of the 50th anniversary of May 1940. Five years later, most of the pink paint was gone.
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    August 31, 2026

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    Bunker AV4 / FM16 is a Silent Witness in the landscape.

    When you walk or cycle over the Asselkouter, you cannot ignore this impressive concrete colossus. This is Bunker AV4 (also referred to as FM16 within the lines), a strategic, advanced bunker of the historic Ghent Bridgehead.
    Built in the interwar period, this specific bunker was equipped with heavy Maxim machine guns. Together with the surrounding posts, it had a wide, clear field of fire over the lower fields to the east to protect Ghent from enemy troops.
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    Location: Merelbeke, Gent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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