Above ground protected shelters are used for rest areas, medical facilities, HQ and CP functions, storage, and equipment care ...

Sandbags have a fairly long history, and remain a flexible and effective means of creating temporary barriers and means of protection. Whilst hessian may have given way to woven plastics in some cases ...

Having just entered service as an interim capability, Archer is eventually planned to be replaced by the Boxer RCH 155.… Think Defence is a hobby, a serious hobby, but a hobby nonetheless. I want to ...

During the early sixties, MEXE developed a multipurpose buried shelter system called the MEXE Shelter, or Field Shelter Mk2 ...

Battle trenches and fighting positions for small groups of individual soldiers, crew served weapons, or vehicles, are intended to provide shelter, ...

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Continuing my look at defence shelters, this post looks at larger shelters, both prefabricated, and built in-situ. The defining feature of the MEXE Shelter, in the previous post, was the nature of its ...