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Concertainer Bastion, designed to replace
conventional field fortification materials such as sandbags,
concertainer was first used operationally by the British Army in the
Gulf War. Walls constructed by such units can protect against direct
fire, explosion blasts and fragments. Protection of guard posts,
barracks, parked aircraft and helicopters, command posts, hospitals,
fuel storage can all be erected using such rapidly constructed in
contingency area. Since then it has seen action with many armies
around the world.
A typical unit of Concertainer equivalent
to approximately 1500 sandbags can be constructed and filled by two
men and a single common loader in less than 20 minutes. An
equivalent wall of sandbags would take 10 men seven hours to build.
Bunkers and protective revetments can be built from standard
Concertainer Bastion units. The units are constructed with special
joining elements enabling rapid and flexible construction of walls
and other complex construction elements. The units are stored in a
collapsed form for compact and efficient storage and transportation.
Concertainer units are also used for construction of bunkers.
The living compartment is comprised of a
standard 20 foot container, surrounded by standard Concertainer
units filled with 170 cubic meters of filling material. All
materials required for the construction, including pre-fabricated
personnel door and rear escape hatch are stored in the container for
storage and transportation. Units required for over 500 meters of
wall can be stored in a standard 20 foot container. The units are
filled with any available filling material, including sand, rubble,
rocks and even snow.
The company has recently tested an
Extended Overhead Protection System (EOPS) utilizing steel rails for
roofing, covered by earth filled Mil-1units for overhead protection.
EOPS was designed by QinetiQ to improve protection against mortar
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