Sangar (or sanger) is a small temporary fortified position with a breastwork originally of stone[1] now built of sandbags and similar materials.[2] The term was originally used by the British Indian Army to describe small temporary fortified positions on the North West Frontier and in Afghanistan, and is still frequently used by the British Army. Sangar means "barricade" in Kurdish and Persian.
The Independent Monitoring Commission stated that immediately after The Troubles in Northern Ireland:
The British Army use other terms to classify their sites covered by our definition [of towers and observation posts]. For the avoidance of any doubt we set out below the military terms we have deemed
to be included in this part of the report.
- Sangar: A sangar is a protected sentry post, normally located around the perimeter of a base. Its main function is to provide early warning of enemy/terrorist activity/attack in order to protect forces both within the base and those deployed within sight of the sangar.
- Supersangar: A supersangar is an elevated sangar and may be indistinguishable from what is commonly termed a tower.
- Observation Post: An observation post is an installation whose primary role is to collect information, as directed by and in support of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
- Remote Communications Site: A site used primarily for electronic communications.
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Independent Monitoring Commission[3]
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- ^ 'Afridi Picket near to Jumrood', 1878
- ^ Mark Nicol War in Afghanistan: Britain's Vietnam, Daily Mail 1 October 2006. See section "They could not see properly"
- ^ Second Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission p. 44. Presented under Article 5(2) of the International Agreement establishing the Independent Monitoring Commission, Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20th July 2004
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