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SAVES TIME • Can be erected in minutes • Maximizes operational effectiveness SANDBAGS VS. MCCURDY’S ARMOR Since the beginning of warfare, brave servicemen and women have been exposed to enemy sniper, mortar, rocket and small arms fire, becoming easy targets for EASY TO ASSEMBLE • No tools required • No heavy equipment needed • Adaptable to any environment/terrain (i.e. urban/mountain regions) HOW WE STACK UP TRADITIONAL STACKED SANDBAGS EASY TO STORE AND TRANSPORT • Can be re-used as many times as needed • Components are easy to handle, fold and store PERMANENT EARTH-FILLED BARRIERS OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY • Far greater protection than other available options • Movement capabilities can confuse enemy traffic and increase strate- gic options (mission flexibility) MCCURDYS ARMOR the enemy. These men and women have risked their lives knowingly and without complaint time and time again. Finally, there is a solution… McCurdy's Armor. McCurdy's Armor is a LEGO™ like system that can be erected quickly in any configuration. Its windows will stop most ammunition and open to return fire or com- Sandbag Guard Post • 2 workers / 4 hours* *IF SAND AND SANDBAGS ARE READILY AVAILABLE • One-time usage • Sandbags are left behind • Need secure environment • Heavy equipment needed • Countless man hours • Permanent structure • Not re-usable • Structures eventually rot Standard Guard Post • 2 workers / 15 minutes • Fully redeployable • No infrastructure damage municate as needed. McCurdy's Armor is named for LCpl. Ryan S. McCurdy a Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 while hauling a wounded comrade to safety. • Inconsistent protection • In order to maintain situational awareness personnel must expose themselves to hostile threats • In order to maintain situational awareness personnel must expose themselves to hostile threats • Greater protection than other options • Maximizes operational effectiveness • Blast/Ballistic resistant windows allow full situational awareness from a protected environment

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SAVES TIME • Can be erected in minutes

• Maximizes operational

effectiveness

SANDBAGS VS.

MCCURDY’S ARMOR

Since the beginning of warfare, brave servicemen and

women have been exposed to enemy sniper, mortar,

rocket and small arms fire, becoming easy targets for

EASY TO ASSEMBLE • No tools required

• No heavy equipment needed

• Adaptable to any

environment/terrain

(i.e. urban/mountain regions)

HOW WE STACK UP

TRADITIONAL STACKED

SANDBAGS

EASY TO STORE

AND TRANSPORT • Can be re-used as many times

as needed

• Components are easy to handle,

fold and store

PERMANENT

EARTH-FILLED BARRIERS

OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY • Far greater protection than other

available options

• Movement capabilities can confuse

enemy traffic and increase strate-

gic options (mission flexibility)

MCCURDY’S ARMOR

the enemy. These men and women have risked their

lives knowingly and without complaint time and time

again. Finally, there is a solution… McCurdy's Armor.

McCurdy's Armor is a LEGO™ like system that can be

erected quickly in any configuration. Its windows will

stop most ammunition and open to return fire or com-

Sandbag Guard Post

• 2 workers / 4 hours* *IF SAND AND SANDBAGS ARE READILY AVAILABLE

• One-time usage

• Sandbags are left behind

• Need secure environment

• Heavy equipment needed

• Countless man hours

• Permanent structure

• Not re-usable

• Structures eventually rot

Standard Guard Post

• 2 workers / 15 minutes

• Fully redeployable

• No infrastructure damage

municate as needed.

McCurdy's Armor is named for LCpl. Ryan S. McCurdy — a

Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 while hauling a wounded

comrade to safety.

• Inconsistent protection • In order to maintain

situational awareness

personnel must expose

themselves to hostile threats

• In order to maintain

situational awareness

personnel must expose

themselves to hostile threats

• Greater protection than other options

• Maximizes operational

effectiveness

• Blast/Ballistic resistant

windows allow full

situational awareness from

a protected environment

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This portable, armored, interlocking block wall system can be erected in minutes.

With a variety of configurations, McCurdy’s armor can be used as:

• ECP’s

• VCP’s

• Observation Posts

• Building/Compound

Security

• FOB Protection

• Moving high profile individuals

safely from one location to the

other

• Camp guard posts

• Observation posts

• VCP/ECP Greeter stations

• Sniper positions

• Embassies

• Combat Outposts

• Diplomat/VIP Protection

• Public Event Protection

• Recruiting stations

• Rooftop Positions

• Election posts

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Build as protection against:

• Sniper fire

• IDF

• Small arms

• Suicide bombers

• Grenade attacks

• Armor Piercing Rounds

• Hospitals

• Aid Stations

• Housing (Military & Relief)

• Command & Control

• Engineering

• Elections

• Recruiting