Razor wire is made up of high tensile core wire and a punched steel tape with sharp barbs at close intervals uniformly. The razor tape is cold crimped tightly onto the spring steel core, and finally into rolls for easy transport and deployment. And there are many styles of coils and blades that can be used in different environments. The wire is exceedingly hard to cut utilizing hand devices. While the barbs have a penetrating and grasping activity, reinforced steel makes it difficult to twist.
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Barbed wire is fencing wire with pointed barbs at regular intervals along the central wire. It uses a fully automatic barbed wire machine to wrap the barb wire around the main line, which looks like a rope. And barbed wire has three kinds of commonly used twisting methods. Its sharp edge can frighten intruders and thieves, and it is available to combine with other fences for security barriers.
Undoubtedly, razor wire is much more defensive than barbed wire. Closely connected coils, not enough space for people to pass through. Sharp edges and blades can easily cut through people’s clothes or skin. It’s impossible to cross the barrier of razor wire without enough tools. Compared with barbed wire, razor wire is more dangerous. It’s better suited to fences or barriers that prevent people from passing through. For example, it can be used in residential walls, factory fences, military barriers, border walls and so on. Don’t use it to protect your livestock, it will hurt them easily.
Barbed wire is often used to build inexpensive fences. Although its protective performance and deterrent power are not as good as razor wire, its manufacturing cost is very low due to its simple manufacturing process and no waste of raw materials. It is a more economical protective fence than razor wire. It’s not as dangerous as razor wire, but don’t ignore its sharp barb wire. Don’t try to cross it unless you want to get hurt. Barbed wire is often used for grassland boundaries, garden protection, livestock protection and so on. Barbed wire is the first fencing technique that can restrain cattle.
Razor wire is commonly used individually as a fence or wall topping for the site and border security. There are several ways of the razor wire installation.
1. It can be installed onto the existing fence systems – fixed to the top or bottom of the fence with tie wire or barb arms. Such as welded mesh fence, chain link fence, palisade, and ornamental fencing.
2. Installed on top of the brick/concrete wall – barb arm with flange fasten the razor wire on the brick or concrete wall.
3. To meet the needs of some applications, it can also be installed on the ground along the perimeter. Spread it out directly on the ground to form barrier and separation line.
4. Wed onto frames or attach onto posts as security fencing. Such as welded wire mesh fence.
According to the different operating environment, specially designed brackets should be used to support the razor wire fence
The barbed wire can be used in many places and ways.
Used independently as a fence, barbed wires need to be fixed to fence posts with nails and tie wires. This creates a barbed wire fence. And it can also be fixed to the top of other fences through barb arm and tie wire, like chain link fence, welded wire mesh fencing, diamond mesh fence and so on. After putting the barbed wire on it, the security will be much higher.
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Barbed wire fencing is very easy to installation and the speed of installation is very fast. Indeed, even a worker of medium skill can without much of a stretch install such a fencing system. It’s important to note that no matter where you install it, you must tighten and straighten the barbed wire.
Barbed wire has fewer raw materials than other fencing products, and its fabrication process is simple. So the cost of barbed wire fence is relatively economical. If you want to surround a large site and don’t require too much security, I have to say it is a great idea to use the barbed wire fencing. It will save you a lot of money.
Razor wire is slightly more expensive than barbed wire because of its complex manufacturing process and the waste of raw materials in the manufacturing process. But the wire material and blade material cost less than other kinds of fences if covering same length area. And when you need a big quantity of high-security products, and maybe you have a limited budget for your project, then the razor wire fence is a quite good choice for you.
Maintenance of both products is simple as the fencing doesn’t wear out easily if installed properly. And the use of high-quality materials and surface treatment methods can be used for a long time without being corroded. So these two products hardly need to be maintained, just pay attention to repairing areas that may be artificially damaged.
On a typical fire base (or even a base camp) you will often see both types of wire together, They were shipped out in rolls that are about six inches thick. We always held the wire upright with generic engineer’s stakes, but have used bamboo in a pinch. You set your trip flares in groups of three to four, and all wired together with string or fishing line. Between you and the flare you build up a mound of dirt right behind the flare to prevent night blindness. If you’re blind you can’t shoot very well. I’ve see videos with the back sides of Claymore Mines facing the users. I guess it’s OK if the mine is out there two hundred feet due to the back blast. I’ve seen one group put them in front of large boulders only to have that big rock come flying back at them (it happened to me when I was an FNG). You always study the area and figure out what would be the best direction for a probe. Then set them up to shoot across from you. We usually put reflective tape on the back sides when we could lay our hands on a roll. I’ve seen them setup with trip flares many times, so when you pick it up you set off the flare. Never a good situation on either end I might add. Others placed a grenade under them, and have seen them sitting ontop anti personnel mines (those little round bastards) . Beer cans in the wire was considered a must, but didn’t work as well as we wanted them to. Best cans were Budweiser white beer cans (you paint the outside half black or O.D.) that had several rocks or even ball bearings inside them. Always tie them up high to make the guy get on his knees at least. That’s also a good tie in point for a trip flare. The grand scheme of things is to prevent the other guy from cutting a hole in the wire (they always did I might add)
Now that we know how to set up the wire, there is some other things to make you worry. Never leave the wire on top the ground, and somewhere in the middle wire in a trip flare and cover it with a little bit of dirt. Remove the safeties from the clacker!! I’ve seen some hang up with the neighbors fifty feet out. A good bunker on the line will have two different sets of clackers. One set will be for claymores and the other for foo gas. They are never kept together for obvious reason. I’ve seen Arty units put left over gun powder (about three quarters of an inch thick) on the ground a lightly cover it up while the wire is ontop of it. How this works I can’t say, but I wouldn’t want to be on the wrong end. We kept two 7.62 ammo cans full of grenades on both sides of the dug out. Then another in the middle with four to six WP grenades. There would also be a hand full of red or white star clusters flares. If one goes off in the air; everybody sees it. I hated working with barbed wire or what we called German Wire (razor wire). The engineer’s stakes are key here as they are sturdy, and you can wire the barb wire to the with bailing wire. The bad part is getting the not so lucky folks out of the wire after you shoot them. In two days the aroma is wonderful (120 degree heat)
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