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Subject: The BattleBox
reefdiver    8/21/2006 12:10:44 PM
Don't know exactly what category or has been discuss here before, but the battle box is basically an ISO shipping container designed or modified for various military uses. They may or may not have additional armor. Some uses: Bunkhouses, toilets, showers, generators, water purification systems, airdrop, mess, command posts, ammo, guard towers, and various armed mission modules - all in a standard size. It should fit well with the Army, Navy, and even Airfore. They already do some of this but could do more. Here's a link to some history and proposals:

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It almost seems like you could containerize the entire military. Any thoughts and other ideas for the "battle box", including new transport vehicles?
 
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Roman    RE:The BattleBox   8/21/2006 11:08:58 PM
Yes, Slovakia uses this system extensively. Even our brigade field hospitals are container-based (you connect the containers together to create the hospital, complete with containers for everything ranging from surgical rooms, to power generators, high-intensity care units and so on. We offer such container-hospitals (as well as plenty of other container-based facilities) for export too. I think containerization is a good concept that enables you to use civilian transport infrastructure for your deployments, as the size of all elements is standardized to the size of the basic civilian container.
 
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reefdiver    RE:The BattleBox   8/22/2006 12:32:52 AM
Interesting to hear that Slovakia is doing some of this already. I'm shocked the US isn't doing this now. You could quickly deploy these with ships, trains, trucks, tracked carriers, helicopters (bring back the skycrane), C-130's and C-17's or even parachute extraction from a C-130. The point of course is to package almost everything in one or two standard size shipping containers and use a small number of common handling and transport systems for not only freight but just about anything throughout the entire supply chain. It just makes too much sense. We've mentioned some modules but here's my list at the moment: housing, toilets, showers, kitchens, special kitchen support refrigerator and freezer units, mess area, other food supply modules, mini-BX, movie entertainment modules, medical evacuation, medical bed units including intensive care units, hospital labs, x-ray and even CT, pharmacies, medical burn module, surgical rooms, robotics deployment parts and repair, UAV control, ammo carriers, fuel carriers, machine shops, specialized diving support, generators, water purification, water storage, water heating, communication modules, command and control, internet rooms, brigs, interrogation rooms, meeting rooms, nbc decontamination, a "pop-up" RWS (stored inside container) for base protection, a containerized C-RAM that self-deploys, fire support radars (such as repackaging Patriot radars), perhaps a new type of std container MLRS package (larger than normal). You could load several NETFIRES NLOS vertical launch modules into one and simply provide launch hatches. In the near future you could perhaps have a THEL system fit in one for base protection. Why not Harpoon and Tomahawk container and launch control modules for the Sea Fighter, any ship that can carry containers, or even for land deployment? How about RAM modules for similar ships? You could even stack empty containers on top of barrack modules and partially fill the top units with sand for protection. You could more heavily armor some on the bottom and sides and use them for troop transport. Another neat thing about such systems is that many of module types could also be used and quickly deployed for disasters in the US and around the world. FEMA could stockpile them as well as the military.
 
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