Does a Field Armoury at a forward base need a stay hinge?

Answer: Where the ground slopes or wind is constant, yes; it holds the leaf at 110 degrees.

Does a dual lock slow a checkpoint down?

Answer: Two or three seconds, and it buys single-person denial; with items on their own tier, picking stays inside fifteen.

Can a border post use an ordinary padlock?

Answer: For a short stay. At minus 25 °C the grease thickens, and a hasp under 9 mm opens in one cut.

Does a training ground need a dehumidifier?

Answer: No. Louvre area, a 40-mesh screen and 1.2 kg of silica gel per 1.5 m³ reach 45 percent.

Can one batch of cabinets move between sites?

Answer: The body can, the door cannot. Lifting points and cavity size are common; leaf width is a site item.

Field Armoury Use Cases: Matching the Fit-Out to the Site

Quick answer: A Field Armoury is configured by site, not by unit: bases want a stay door and 350 mm shelves, checkpoints a dual lock opening in fifteen seconds, border posts a cylinder that turns at minus 25 °C, transit four M12 points.

Where a Field Armoury Is Deployed
Forward Bases: Doors and Shelf Layout
Checkpoints and Border Posts: Locks and Access
Training Grounds and Repair Points: Dividers and Damp
Transit: Lifting Points and the Fit-Out Matrix
FAQ

1. Where a Field Armoury Is Deployed

Site, not unit organisation, sets the fit-out of a Field Armoury: dwell, openings per day, exposure outside.

Site	Dwell	Opens per day	Primary fit-out
Forward base	30+ days	20 to 40	stay door, shelves
Checkpoint	3-7 days	80+	dual lock, trays
Border post	year round	under 10	cold cylinder
Training ground	15-45 days	about 30	dense shelves
Repair point	year round	about 60	bench
Transit	up to 2 days	none	four M12 points

Weighting is uneven. A checkpoint opened eighty times a day on stacked shelves makes staff move three items to reach one, and picking climbs from 15 s to 50 s. Past thirty days it anchors; under a week it rolls on castors.

2. Forward Bases: Doors and Shelf Layout

A gravel tent floor with 20 mm steps is normal, so the door runs a 110 degree stay hinge and a 90 degree stop against wind. Leaf width stays at 620 mm; past 700 mm the hinge sags 3 mm in a month.

Field Armoury: tan closed case on green, two lid ribs, one latch each side of the front, moulded folding handle, rounded corners, no hardware

Posts sit on 32 mm pitch, shelves at 350 mm, and a 40 mm sill keeps water off the joint. Leave 900 mm in front; at 600 mm the bottom tier needs a sideways reach.

3. Checkpoints and Border Posts: Locks and Access

At a checkpoint the governing figure is time to pick: fifteen seconds from unlocking to item in hand. Past that, staff leave the common items outside and the lock turns decorative, so the internals become tiered trays.

A dual-cylinder lock needs two keys held by different people. A single cylinder with an 11 mm hasp suits shift handover; below 9 mm the hasp cuts in one bite of a bolt cutter.

Border posts add cold: at minus 25 °C tumbler grease thickens and the key will not turn, so a Field Armoury there runs a minus 40 °C pour point.

4. Training Grounds and Repair Points: Dividers and Damp

Dust and the day-night swing do the damage: at 35 °C by day and 10 °C at night the wall condenses, so 0.02 m² of louvre, a 40-mesh screen and 1.2 kg of silica gel per 1.5 m³ hold 45 percent.

Field Armoury: olive case open about 110 degrees, black lid gasket, base filled with dark foam cut into long and block pockets, folding handles

Sealing alone fails: a sealed Field Armoury condenses more on the wall, an open one takes dust within two days. Repair points add a 450 mm bench rated 25 kg and clips rated 40 kg.

5. Transit: Lifting Points and the Fit-Out Matrix

Transit is skipped most and return-repaired most: shelves shipped in place ovalise the post holes. Four M12 points at 800 kg take 2500 daN webbing inside a 60 degree angle; two high on 90 mm bearers.

Line item	Forward base	Checkpoint	Border post	Training ground	Repair point	Transit
Door	110° stay	tiered trays	90° stop	110°	double 180°	latched shut
Internals	shelves 350 mm	class a tier	board, box	denser	bench, board	removed
Lock	dual cylinder	dual plus hasp	cold cylinder	single, padlock	single	transport catch
Damp	1.2 kg desiccant	ventilation	dehumidify	louvre, 40 mesh	ventilation	sealed
Handling	feet	braked castors	anchors	castors	fixed	four-point lift

Read it across for one site, down for one line: a dual lock is mandatory at a checkpoint and a nuisance at a repair point. Capacity is absent, since it follows the item mix.

Conclusion

Site sets the fit-out, which then limits the site: leaf width fixes the space in front, lock type the crew, lifting points the handling. Settle dwell, daily openings and exposure first, and a Field Armoury is not misconfigured wherever it stands.

This article discusses only the container (case body) side of specifications and design intent, and does not cover any handling, loading or use of the contents.