toutenkamion - ISO Containers for Military Camps, Shelters and Command Posts

For more than 40 years toutenkamion has been known as a specialist coach builder. Over the years the variety of customers and the specialisation in GRP based bodywork has made this company a European leader in high-tech design and construction of this kind. toutenkamion has the intellectual and technical means available in-house for responding to even the most extravagant demands of its customers.

Extensive know-how acquired, combined with unique manufacturing processes has given toutenkamion an outstanding position in the ISO container market. Besides the industrial customers (OB-vans, highly specialised event units, race trucks for Formula 1, medical units, mobile cinemas, etc.) toutenkamion is an established supplier for the military.

ISO containers for military command posts

One example is the large size patented shelter SAMGD, a distinctive design and construction for military use. It consists of a 20ft ISO container which deploys into a 76m² command post, complying with the most severe requirements of the army. This shelter is in use in many French Army units around the world.

Some of the features of the SAMGD are:

• Thermal and acoustical insulation
• Rapid deployment
• Air treatment and conditioning with cooling and heating system
• Deployment in any type of climate
• Electric and multimedia wiring incorporated into the shelter structure
• Folding partitions included
• 30 workplaces
• Filtration system as a BC-protection
• Transportable by land, sea and air

Self-contained transport systems for ISO containers

A further example of the products of toutenkamion is the ROULHOP. This is a self-contained patented transport system for ISO containers. It picks up, transports as a trailer and sets down the container without the assistance of a crane.

Some of the features of the ROULHOP include:

• Trailer transportation of ISO containers of 10ft to 20ft size
• Self-contained handling system for loading and unloading containers
• Can be drawn by any type of suitable vehicle with a towing hook
• Air transportable with or without container
• Temperature for use ranges from – 25°C to +50°C
• On board batteries for powering the handling operations
• Certified for road use without container for round trips
• Pick-up and drop-off time cycle is about ten minutes
• Docking operation motor driven and wire operated

Modular containerized military shelters

Shelters of different sizes with extensions are also designed and manufactured by toutenkamion for a wide variety of uses suitable for transportation by road, sea and air. Armed forces will use them worldwide as well as humanitarian organisations. The shelters are individually designed to customer.

These are some of the features of the extendable shelters made by toutenkamion:

• Single or two-side extension
• GRP or aluminium skinned sandwich panels
• Built-in leveling system

Mobile military container units

Since 1972 toutenkamion has supplied about 1,000 mobile units on the domestic and the export market and is in this field the market leader in Europe. According to the specification of the users these units are built up either on small or medium size chassis or on semi-trailers.

Features of the mobile units by toutenkamion are:

• One or two-side automatic extensions for increasing the working area
• Hydraulically or manually operated stabilising systems
• Optimal weight:space ratio
• Body work designed for heavy duty use
• Optimised thermal insulation for different types of climate
• Individual outfit of the interior design with maximum versatility
• Integration of IT and biometric certified wiring

toutenkamion is a quality orientated company with the ambition to satisfy the most specific demands of its customers. This is achieved with a totally dedicated team of specialists who for many years have proved their professionalism. toutenkamion is located in Ladon, France, approx. 130 km south of Paris.