Afghan map base walls made of bags containing stones

[R-CON]MrD · 11-05-2007, 06:02 PM

It struck me watching the Panorama program tonight on Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan that the walls of the firebases everywhere were made of tough bags that are filled with small stones.

Statics need to be made to represent this if we haven't got them, they are obvious everywhere in the bases,

DarkTalon · 11-05-2007, 09:06 PM

are you talking about HESCO barriers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesco_bastion

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker · 11-05-2007, 09:18 PM

Sounds like you mean Hesco and Geocell barriers, MrD. They're not always small stones, they're filled with whatever the e-tool or backhoe digs up to fill them. They get shipped-in flat, then get unfolded and filled on-site.

[R-CON]MrD · 11-06-2007, 02:35 AM

Good, we have proper identification! Then next step, statics!

My only experience with bases abroad has been the brick and concrete blank walls surrounding your bog standard african compounds. And the shocking array of AK's and rpg's stacked up against the outside of the armoury wall whilst the armourer smokes his weed before deciding to clean and log them back in!

Swe_Olsson · 11-06-2007, 02:38 AM

MrD, there is already Hesco barriers ingame, 4 different kinds, Single Layer, Triple Layer, Singlelayer with wire, triple layer with Wire

[R-CON]MrD · 11-06-2007, 02:56 AM

Maybe they just look so uniform they lack the right feel

RHYS4190 · 11-07-2007, 02:52 AM

sand bags filled with stones that crasy it unsafe if bag get blown up you have thousends of stones flying around at high speed hurting every one.

TexLax · 11-07-2007, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RHYS4190

sand bags filled with stones that crasy it unsafe if bag get blown up you have thousends of stones flying around at high speed hurting every one.

it's not actually, it's designed to take side impacts (so it will stop shrapnel/warheads) though the should be destructable if you hit them with an RPG multiple times...

[R-MOD]dunehunter · 11-07-2007, 05:32 AM

Aren't those the things around the VCP on Basrah, or am I mistaken?

Outlawz · 11-07-2007, 05:33 AM

Yes, they are and also around the air bases on Kashan...

11-05-2007, 06:02 PM	#1
[R-CON]MrD PR Contributor Join Date: May 2006 Location: York Posts: 3,201	Afghan map base walls made of bags containing stones It struck me watching the Panorama program tonight on Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan that the walls of the firebases everywhere were made of tough bags that are filled with small stones. Statics need to be made to represent this if we haven't got them, they are obvious everywhere in the bases,
	[R-MOD]Mongolian Dude: AH man, sarcasm is so hard to get across the web, even if we are both british [R-DEV]Jaymz: That has to be...the most epic response to a welcome thread I have ever seen. [R-CON]Mr.D ladies and gentlemen!

11-06-2007, 02:35 AM	#4
[R-CON]MrD PR Contributor Join Date: May 2006 Location: York Posts: 3,201	Good, we have proper identification! Then next step, statics! My only experience with bases abroad has been the brick and concrete blank walls surrounding your bog standard african compounds. And the shocking array of AK's and rpg's stacked up against the outside of the armoury wall whilst the armourer smokes his weed before deciding to clean and log them back in!
	[R-MOD]Mongolian Dude: AH man, sarcasm is so hard to get across the web, even if we are both british [R-DEV]Jaymz: That has to be...the most epic response to a welcome thread I have ever seen. [R-CON]Mr.D ladies and gentlemen!

11-06-2007, 02:56 AM	#6
[R-CON]MrD PR Contributor Join Date: May 2006 Location: York Posts: 3,201	Maybe they just look so uniform they lack the right feel
	[R-MOD]Mongolian Dude: AH man, sarcasm is so hard to get across the web, even if we are both british [R-DEV]Jaymz: That has to be...the most epic response to a welcome thread I have ever seen. [R-CON]Mr.D ladies and gentlemen!

11-07-2007, 02:52 AM	#7
RHYS4190 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287	sand bags filled with stones that crasy it unsafe if bag get blown up you have thousends of stones flying around at high speed hurting every one.
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11-07-2007, 05:32 AM	#9
[R-MOD]dunehunter Forum Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 5,217	Aren't those the things around the VCP on Basrah, or am I mistaken?
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11-05-2007, 09:06 PM	#2
DarkTalon Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: under a rock Posts: 703	are you talking about HESCO barriers? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesco_bastion

11-05-2007, 09:18 PM	#3
[R-DEV]Eddie Baker PR Military Advisor Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,902	Sounds like you mean Hesco and Geocell barriers, MrD. They're not always small stones, they're filled with whatever the e-tool or backhoe digs up to fill them. They get shipped-in flat, then get unfolded and filled on-site.

11-06-2007, 02:38 AM	#5
Swe_Olsson PR Beta Testing Team Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Sweden Location: Sweden Posts: 1,000	MrD, there is already Hesco barriers ingame, 4 different kinds, Single Layer, Triple Layer, Singlelayer with wire, triple layer with Wire

11-07-2007, 05:33 AM	#10
Outlawz Join Date: Feb 2007 Afghanistan Location: Tora Bora Posts: 7,196	Yes, they are and also around the air bases on Kashan...
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