September 8, 2010

From a Semi to a Fully Automatic Border

So, what do you get when the British Army messes around with a few ISO shipping containers? Well, stack three, outfit the top one with bulletproof windows, then, rig a couple of daylight and thermal imaging cameras and a remotely controlled weapon station (RWS) that allows for some heavy dude machine guns to be fired by joystick from the inside, fence it off, and you got yourself one of these – the ‘Super Sangar’, a deadly new tower currently being used to protect forward operating bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From a Semi to a Fully Automatic Border

Security, surveillance and 'Super Sangars', MOD Defence News, 2008

Security, surveillance and