Ballistic Wallpaper can turn shelter into bunker!
Jun 14, 2015 4:03:46 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 4:03:46 GMT -6
The accessory every good prepper shelter needs, eh? Ballistic Wallpaper! It doesn't look like the stuff comes in any fancy colors or nice blues and greens, but I'm sure style will come in time.
Indeed, I recall seeing the video and photos of what some members here saw in person with the rows and rows of trailers for housing on the American bases in Iraq. They looked fairly safe for the sheer anonymity and number of them, with anything a trailer or more over being absorbed by those trailers closest. I imagine with this handy-dandy wallpaper, those trailers could have been largely blast resistant, short of an impact almost on top of them. Not bad as a very light lining inside walls and panels for some vehicles too.
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Now THAT is what I call some survival oriented interior decorating!
Troops often use abandoned masonry, brick or cinderblock structures for defensive purposes instead of building their own or digging foxholes.
While these structures offer a degree of protection, they are susceptible to blast impact from missile or other large projectiles, said Nick Boone, a research mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center, or ERDC, in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
While these structures offer a degree of protection, they are susceptible to blast impact from missile or other large projectiles, said Nick Boone, a research mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center, or ERDC, in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Indeed, I recall seeing the video and photos of what some members here saw in person with the rows and rows of trailers for housing on the American bases in Iraq. They looked fairly safe for the sheer anonymity and number of them, with anything a trailer or more over being absorbed by those trailers closest. I imagine with this handy-dandy wallpaper, those trailers could have been largely blast resistant, short of an impact almost on top of them. Not bad as a very light lining inside walls and panels for some vehicles too.
Without the wallpaper, a wall that is hit will "rubblize," he said, sending shards of rock and mortar flying at the occupants inside.
When the blast occurs with the wallpaper installed, it acts as a "catcher's net," containing the rubble and preventing debris from injuring Soldiers.
Engineers built unreinforced structures and actually bombed and blasted them, Boone said, showing a video of the experiments. Small blast testing was done at nearby Fort Polk, Louisiana, and large-blast testing was conducted at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
When the blast occurs with the wallpaper installed, it acts as a "catcher's net," containing the rubble and preventing debris from injuring Soldiers.
Engineers built unreinforced structures and actually bombed and blasted them, Boone said, showing a video of the experiments. Small blast testing was done at nearby Fort Polk, Louisiana, and large-blast testing was conducted at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Now THAT is what I call some survival oriented interior decorating!
