Like piling up sandbags, only easier and faster.With an eye on the growing homeland security market, a British manufacturer is offering a fortification fortification, system of defense structures for protection from enemy attacks. Fortification developed along two general lines: permanent sites built in peacetime, and emplacements and obstacles hastily constructed in the field in time of war. system that is comparable to sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. , but faster to build. The "Concertainer" was first used by the British Army in the 1991 Gulf War. Made by Hesco Bastion Ltd., of West Yorkshire, the fortification system is equivalent to approximately 1,500 sandbags and can be erected and filled by two men and a loader. Concertainer can be filled with sand, rubble, rocks and even snow. The walls can protect command posts, hospitals, barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. , or aircraft from gunfire and shrapnel. Concertainer can be expanded to create bunkers and guard posts, and can be used as a vehicle barrier or as a berm berm: see beach. around fuel farms. In disaster relief operations, the fortification system has been used to protect property against floods, erosion and avalanches. |
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