Upon coming across a few bunkers I started wondering how they built them... As lucky as I was, I was recently gifted a handful of civil defense films, one of them featured the technical specifications of bunkers.
Though sadly the films aren't in the greatest condition, the start and end of this one is missing, as it crumbled to pieces.
Places where the protective buildings should be built
Shelters with industrial made equipment and fast set up shelters in zones at danger of complete destruction.
Shelters of fast set up style and anti-radiation shelters in zones of radioactive contamination.
Basic requirements for industrial bunkers
- Protective requirements: Must protect against all means of attack by enemy.
- Capacity: At minimum 150 people.
- Ability to support life: has ventilation, water supply, sewage, electricity and other systems to support life for a long period of time.
Construction types of shelters
- Left - shelter under a building.
- Right - shelter in a backyard.
Shelter under a college
Shelter under a supermarket
Shelter in a garage
Shelter in a mineshaft
Shelter in a metro
Plan of a bunker in a backyard
Types of construction styles for a bunker
- Top left - modular
- Top right - monolithic
- Bottom - semi monolithic
Technical solutions for a semi-monolithic bunker
Construction elements for a bunker in a backyard
Emergency exit
Construction of hermetic doors
Technical solutions for a hermetic feed-through
Ventilation schematic of a bunker
Air filtering systems
Protective systems in the ventilation system
Protective valve in the air vent
Small anti-blast air intake valve
Large anti-blast air intake valve
Construction of the air intake
Anti-dust filter based on an oily metal mesh
Overpressure valve
Adjustable air distribution pipe
Regeneration of air in the bunker
Schematic of the water supply system
Water storage tanks
An example of the sewage system
Examples of a sewage storage tank
Example of the electrical grid
Emergency electrical supply
Examples of connecting to a gas line
Basic devices
- Top left: chemical reconnaissance device.
- Top right: Moisture meter.
- Bottom left: radiation meter.
Firefighting and emergency tools
Inventory of a bunker
Fast set up shelters
- Built: In farms and villages and other places of non strategic importance, or as an addition to industrial shelters.
- Materials: Made from reinforced concrete, built by local people or construction companies.
Fast set up shelter from generic blocks of a water sewage
Fast set up shelter from generic reinforced concrete blocks
Fast set up shelter from pipe of 1,5-2,5m diameter
Fast set up shelter from large concrete plates
Air filter from sand or slag for fast set up shelters
Schematic of the air filtration system for fast set up shelters
Air ventilation with a bicycle
Centrifugal fan driven by a bicycle with a capacity of 200-300 m3/h
Anti-blast air intake
Protective doors with a locking mechanism
An example of seats and beds
Basic requirements and rules of a bunker or a shelter
- A shelter must be ready after hearing a signal "air raid".
- In protective buildings it is forbidden to smoke, make noise, light up candles or lights, take in unnecessary items or animals.
- The commander's tasks:
- After filling up the shelter must organize resting shifts for the people.
- After the nuclear blast must organize the inspection of the shelters condition and a short mission to gather intelligence of the surroundings.
- Must make sure the air ventilation systems and exits are working as intended.
And here the film ends, so that's that :)
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