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The BlastBloc® Solution
BlastBloc demonstrates its ability to stop a 15,000 lb
truck going 50mph!
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BlastBloc® is an innovative, high-performance replacement
for defensive structures typically built with sandbags, pyramid
stacked wire baskets, concrete blocks, plywood or other construction
material. Combining the inherent simplicity of the sandbag
with the structural attributes of a building block, BlastBloc® is
a rapidly transportable, air-deployable, expeditionary earth-filled
barrier that is both lightweight and collapsible. Unlike many
other force protection products on the market, BlastBloc® is
space-saving, repairable, reusable and does not rot or mildew.
BlastBloc® produces robust, efficient, cost-effective
structures ideal for dangerous, war-ravaged, economically deficient
and isolated areas where performance, speed of construction
and safety are imperative. BlastBloc® was developed to
support extended operations in harsh, remote and hostile territories
where self-sufficiency, stealth, mobility and performance can
often mean the difference between life and death. Created with
Special Forces mobility in mind, BlastBloc® offers simple
set-up, rapid take-down, and quick-transport capabilities.
Most importantly, BlastBloc® addresses the U.S. Army’s
specific “solutions sought” regarding present
and future basecamp protection (Costa 2005):
- The ability to perform well in all environments and climates
- Easily transportable in a single Humvee
- Quick erect and strike capabilities
- Rapid ingress and egress
- Minimized power requirements and maintenance
The unique shape of BlastBloc® combined with its advanced
polymers and alloys, demonstrate outstanding, self-healing,
shock-absorption, bullet stopping and blast mitigating abilities.
In third party testing conducted at the MREL ballistic and
blast testing facility in Ontario, Canada, first generation
prototypes easily defeated multiple rounds of .40 cal, .308.
and 223. BlastBloc® also impressively mitigated shrapnel
dispersion and survived a 105mm bomb from 2 meters away. In
recent tests, second generation prototypes of BlastBloc® defeated
multiple rounds from the Barrett .50 cal. sniper rifle, M16
assault rifle, .40 cal., .338 Magnum, .45 Magnum, .357 Magnum,
and a 12-guage shotgun –all at close range.
BlastBloc® structures are built swiftly by a labor pool
with no special skill-set and with minimal training. No mortar,
mixes or special tools are required to rapidly build walls,
barriers, revetments or other similar structures. As a modular
unit, BlastBloc® structures may be built in different
configurations to meet changing threat requirements. If available,
general construction material loaders can save time and energy
during the ballast material loading phase of the construction
process, however, material compaction is not required.
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