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Military Command
Command, control and shelter modules built to defence quality assurance, delivered as connected sets.
- AQAP 2110 quality system
- CARC RAL 6003
- −32 °C to +49 °C
- sets of 16 to 200+ modules
Corridor module during fit-out, looking along the steel frame
Deployable modules for command posts, briefing rooms, operations rooms and shelter, built under a defence quality assurance system and delivered as connected, levelled, commissioned sets rather than as boxes on a truck. Tanax holds AQAP 2110, is a registered defence supplier with a CAGE code, and holds a national defence trade licence. The engineering is the same as the accommodation line; the assurance, the coating and the documentation are not.
In 3D
The unit beside a person
Drawn from the published millimetres of record TC-OFF-20, to scale beside a person. Drag to turn it.
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Finish as the published specification states it: CARC RAL 6003.
The openings and fittings are the ones the specification describes. Their positions are representative and carry no dimension.
Special-purpose shelters
Special-purpose shelters to NATO standards, built by a defence manufacturer that also builds and services military trucks.
Command posts, communications, SIGINT and EW, data and crypto nodes, medical and surgical, workshops, power, decontamination, camp modules and expandable shelters. EMC and EMP shielding, TEMPEST, CBRN collective protection and ballistic options are engineered to the customer's requirement and verified per project by accredited third-party laboratories.
- AQAP 2110 quality system
- NATO CAGE 4094M
- Defence trade licence
- ISO 1496 corners, hooklift to STANAG 2413
A special-purpose shelter is a container that has to do something a container does not: keep a radio frequency out, keep an emission in, keep a contaminated atmosphere outside, stop a round. Tanax builds the shelter as a continuous welded steel enclosure, fits the point of entry, the gasketed door, the honeycomb vents and the filters, and hands it to an accredited laboratory for the measurement the programme calls for. The shielding effectiveness, the TEMPEST level, the protection class: every one is specified per project and verified per project. Nothing here is a certificate Tanax holds; it is what Tanax engineers and builds.
EMC, EMP, TEMPEST, CBRN and ballistic performance are engineered to the customer's requirement and verified per project by accredited third-party laboratories or the national security authority. Tanax does not hold such test certificates for a shelter and has not delivered a shielded shelter; it builds the shelter the test is run on. The proof Tanax does hold is on this site: the defence framework, AQAP 2110, the defence trade licence, the CAGE code, and the 2026 public tender for the hazardous materials storage container.
To scale
The shielded shelter beside a person
Drawn as a layer cutaway: the outer skin, the continuous welded shield, the insulation and the interior, with the point-of-entry panel, the honeycomb waveguide vents and the RF-gasketed door, standing on a hooklift flatrack. Switch the layers and the carrier.
A visualisation of the design, not a photograph of a delivered unit. The ISO 20 ft frame carries its standard envelope; the layer thicknesses and the fittings are drawn proportions, never a specification. Shielding effectiveness, levels and classes are specified and measured per project.
Where it is used
Shelter types
Command post
A shielded command module with the point-of-entry panel, filtered power and fibre-only data, joined to a camp set.
Communications
Radio and relay shelters with waveguide vents and single-point grounding.
SIGINT and EW
Shielded enclosures for sensitive receivers, with the shielding effectiveness specified and measured per project.
Data and crypto nodes
TEMPEST shelters with red/black separation, accredited by the national security authority per project.
Medical and surgical
Field medical modules with climate control and the services a surgical team needs, coupled into one room.
Workshops
Maintenance shelters for the vehicles Tanax also builds and services.
Power
Generator and distribution shelters with filtered output for a shielded camp.
Decontamination
CBRN decontamination modules with airlocks and overpressure.
Camp modules and expandable shelters
The camp family Tanax already delivers, and expandable shelters that open on site.
What Tanax engineers, by discipline
EMC and EMP
A continuous welded Faraday cage, RF-gasketed doors, honeycomb waveguide vents, one point of entry with filters and surge arresters, fibre on waveguide-below-cutoff penetrations. Shielding effectiveness specified per project and measured to IEEE 299 by an accredited lab; HEMP protection to MIL-STD-188-125-2.
- IEEE 299 measurement by an accredited lab
- MIL-STD-188-125-2 (transportable systems)
- MIL-STD-461 / 464, EN 61000, NATO AECTP-500
- IEC 62305 lightning protection
TEMPEST
Emission security to NATO SDIP-27 levels and SDIP-28 zoning, red/black separation, filtered power and fibre-only data. Accreditation by the national security authority per project.
- SDIP-27 levels, SDIP-28 zoning
- Red/black separation
- Filtered power, fibre-only data
- Accreditation per project
CBRN
Collective protection with overpressure, NBC filtration, airlocks and CBRN-tight seals and penetrations.
- Overpressure
- NBC filtration
- Airlocks
- CBRN-tight seals and penetrations
Ballistic and blast
Armour panels to the customer's level with STANAG 4569 / AEP-55 as reference, spall liners and blast-resistant door options, from the armoured truck cab work.
- STANAG 4569 / AEP-55 as reference
- Spall liners
- Blast-resistant door options
- Armoured cab experience
Why Tanax
Proof that is already on this site
- 01
A running defence framework
More than 200 modules delivered to a Central European ministry of defence under a multi-year framework, as connected, levelled, commissioned sets.
- 02
AQAP 2110
NATO quality assurance for design, development and production, beside ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and EN ISO 3834-2.
- 03
Defence trade licence and CAGE 4094M
A national defence trade licence in force and registration with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency.
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A 2026 public tender
The fire-rated hazardous materials storage container was selected in a 2026 public tender of a Slovak state authority for storing pyrotechnic material.
- 05
Trucks and cabs
Tanax builds and services military trucks and armoured cabs. The shelter work stands on the same welders, the same paint shop and the same quality system.
In this section
Technical pages
Each page below goes one level deeper into the specification. Every figure on them comes from the specification sheet above.
- 01
EMC and EMP shielding
A shielded shelter is only as good as its weakest aperture. The chain below is read the way a programme engineer reads it: the enclosure, every aperture, the point of entry, the grounding, and the measurement that proves it.
Read the page - 02
TEMPEST
TEMPEST is the discipline of keeping an emission inside. The shelter contributes the shielded volume, the separation and the filtered services; the level and the accreditation belong to the programme and its national security authority.
Read the page - 03
CBRN collective protection
Collective protection keeps the inside clean while the outside is not: a filtered overpressure, an airlock to pass through and seals that hold.
Read the page - 04
Ballistic and blast
Armour is a level the customer names and a laboratory verifies. Tanax brings the armoured truck cab work: the panels, the liners and the doors that take a round or a blast.
Read the page - 05
Mobility and transport
A shelter that cannot move is a building. Every Tanax shelter carries ISO 1496 corners and moves by truck, hooklift, rail or sling; air-transportable sizes and expandable shelters are engineered on request.
Read the page - 06
Environment and signature
The shelter is engineered for the climate it is sent to and for how little of it should be seen: in daylight, in infrared and at night.
Read the page - 07
Armoury containers
A weapon store is a security cage first and a container second. Tanax has engineered one from a written specification before; this page is the build.
Read the page
Specification sheet
The published specification. What is not on this sheet is settled in the offer.
| EMC and EMP | |
|---|---|
| Enclosure | Continuous welded steel shielded enclosure (Faraday cage) with seam and surface design for conductivity |
| Shielding effectiveness | Specified per project and measured to IEEE 299 by an accredited lab |
| HEMP | Protection to MIL-STD-188-125-2 (transportable systems) |
| Doors | RF-gasketed shielded doors with multi-point compression |
| Vents | Honeycomb waveguide vents on all air paths |
| Point of entry | Single point-of-entry panel, power through EMP/EMI filters and surge arresters, signals on fibre through waveguide-below-cutoff penetrations |
| Grounding | Bonding, single-point grounding, lightning protection to IEC 62305 |
| References | MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, EN 61000 series, NATO AECTP-500 |
| TEMPEST | |
| Emission security | NATO SDIP-27 levels and SDIP-28 zoning, red/black separation, filtered power, fibre-only data |
| Accreditation | By the national security authority per project |
| CBRN | |
| Collective protection | Overpressure, NBC filtration, airlocks, CBRN-tight seals and penetrations |
| Ballistic and blast | |
| Armour | Armour panels to the customer's level with STANAG 4569 / AEP-55 as reference, spall liners, blast-resistant door options; experience from our armoured truck cab work |
| Environment and signature | |
| Environment | MIL-STD-810H and NATO AECTP-200/300/400 as test references (heat, cold, shock, vibration, humidity, salt fog, sand and dust) |
| Signature | NATO IRR camouflage paint, CARC-compatible systems, light-tight blackout, thermal signature reduction options |
| Mobility and life support | |
| Mobility | ISO 1496 corners and CSC, hooklift flatracks to STANAG 2413 and DIN 30722, rail transport, sling points, air-transportable sizes on request, expandable shelters |
| Life support | Generator, UPS, HVAC with NBC filtration, earthing |
| Armoury containers | |
| Security cage | Full internal steel security cage on walls, ceiling and inner door, hot-dip galvanised, anchored to its own substructure |
| Fit-out | A1 insulation, climate control, alarm; modules couple into one room |
Figures are the published specification of the product family, not of a customer's design. Values marked per project are set in the engineering phase.
The specification sheet is generated from the same data as this page. It is sent with the reply to your enquiry and offered for download when the form is submitted.
Request the specification sheet (PDF)Standards and references
Standards and references
- IEEE 299
- MIL-STD-188-125-2
- MIL-STD-461 / MIL-STD-464
- EN 61000 series
- NATO AECTP-500
- IEC 62305
- NATO SDIP-27 / SDIP-28
- STANAG 4569 / AEP-55
- MIL-STD-810H / NATO AECTP-200/300/400
- STANAG 2413 / DIN 30722
- ISO 1496 / CSC
| Standard | Covers |
|---|---|
| IEEE 299 | Measurement of the shielding effectiveness of enclosures (by an accredited lab, per project) |
| MIL-STD-188-125-2 | HEMP protection for transportable systems |
| MIL-STD-461 / MIL-STD-464 | EMI requirements and electromagnetic environmental effects |
| EN 61000 series | Electromagnetic compatibility |
| NATO AECTP-500 | Electromagnetic environmental effects testing |
| IEC 62305 | Lightning protection |
| NATO SDIP-27 / SDIP-28 | TEMPEST levels and zoning (accreditation per project) |
| STANAG 4569 / AEP-55 | Protection levels of occupants of armoured vehicles, as the ballistic reference |
| MIL-STD-810H / NATO AECTP-200/300/400 | Environmental test references |
| STANAG 2413 / DIN 30722 | Hooklift flatracks |
| ISO 1496 / CSC | Corner castings and safety approval of the frame |
The standards the design is engineered to. Where a standard calls for a test or an accreditation, it is carried out per project by an accredited third-party laboratory or the competent authority.
FAQ
Questions a buyer asks
Does Tanax hold EMC, EMP or TEMPEST certificates?
No. Shielding effectiveness, TEMPEST levels and protection classes are specified per project and verified per project by accredited third-party laboratories or the national security authority. Tanax engineers and builds the shelter the test is run on.
Which proof does Tanax hold?
A running defence framework with more than 200 modules delivered, AQAP 2110, a national defence trade licence, NATO CAGE 4094M, and the 2026 public tender for the fire-rated hazardous materials storage container.
Who verifies the shielding?
An accredited laboratory measures the shielding effectiveness to IEEE 299 on the shelter as built, per project.
Can one shelter combine shielding, CBRN and armour?
Yes. The welded enclosure, the single point of entry and the sealed penetrations serve the shielding and the CBRN protection; armour panels and spall liners are added to the customer's level.
How does the shelter move?
ISO 1496 corners with CSC, hooklift flatracks to STANAG 2413 and DIN 30722, rail transport, sling points; air-transportable sizes on request.
Specification
Quality
- System
- AQAP 2110 alongside ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EN ISO 3834-2
- Structure
- EN 1090-1 EXC2
- Supplier status
- registered defence supplier, CAGE code held, national defence trade licence in force
Module
- External
- 6,058 × 2,438 × 2,800 mm typical, ISO 668 compatible
- Internal clear height
- 2,500 mm
- Connection
- joined along the long side or end to end into a continuous room
Coating
- Defence finish
- CARC, RAL 6003 olive green matt
- Corrosion protection
- ≥ 160 µm anti-corrosive build on camp modules
Environment
- Temperature
- designed −32 °C to +49 °C service, with frame and door heating below +4 °C
- Weather
- 100 % RH at +35 °C, 2.0 g/m³ dust, 180 mm/m² precipitation, gusts to 31 m/s
Services
- Power
- 400/230 V 3-phase 50 Hz, IP-67 connectors per EN 60309
- Heating and cooling
- electric convector plus inverter split unit per cell
- Lighting
- four modes: normal, blackout 625-650 nm, automatic, 3 h emergency
Handling
- Lifting
- ISO 1161 castings plus welded lifting eyes, forklift pockets
- Levelling
- 4-point jack system, siting on 500 × 500 mm pads, ≥ 50 mm above grade
Set logic
- Camp set
- accommodation, corridor, sanitary, laundry, kitchen, cold chain, water, waste, fuel, generation, distribution, storage
Specification
Quality
- System
- AQAP 2110 alongside ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EN ISO 3834-2
- Structure
- EN 1090-1 EXC2
- Supplier status
- registered defence supplier, CAGE code held, national defence trade licence in force
Module
- External
- 6,058 × 2,438 × 2,800 mm typical, ISO 668 compatible
- Internal clear height
- 2,500 mm
- Connection
- joined along the long side or end to end into a continuous room
Coating
- Defence finish
- CARC, RAL 6003 olive green matt
- Corrosion protection
- ≥ 160 µm anti-corrosive build on camp modules
Environment
- Temperature
- designed −32 °C to +49 °C service, with frame and door heating below +4 °C
- Weather
- 100 % RH at +35 °C, 2.0 g/m³ dust, 180 mm/m² precipitation, gusts to 31 m/s
Services
- Power
- 400/230 V 3-phase 50 Hz, IP-67 connectors per EN 60309
- Heating and cooling
- electric convector plus inverter split unit per cell
- Lighting
- four modes: normal, blackout 625-650 nm, automatic, 3 h emergency
Handling
- Lifting
- ISO 1161 castings plus welded lifting eyes, forklift pockets
- Levelling
- 4-point jack system, siting on 500 × 500 mm pads, ≥ 50 mm above grade
Set logic
- Camp set
- accommodation, corridor, sanitary, laundry, kitchen, cold chain, water, waste, fuel, generation, distribution, storage
How it is built
The decisions behind the numbers
On EMI and TEMPEST: Tanax does not hold an EMI or TEMPEST test capability and does not integrate the electronics. Tanax builds the shelter, the shielding provisions and the mounting, and works with an electronics partner for the shielded fit-out and its verification. That is the position, stated plainly rather than implied as an in-house capability.
Blackout lighting is a four-mode system, not a switch.
Normal white at the task level, blackout in the 625-650 nm band, an automatic mode, and three hours of battery emergency. Every module in a camp set carries it, and it is one of the details that separates a defence module from a site cabin.
Coating is CARC, and the thickness is measured.
RAL 6003 olive green matt over a documented build, with anti-corrosive thickness of at least 160 µm on camp modules and verification per ISO 2808. The measured report goes with the unit.
Sets, not units.
A camp arrives as a set: accommodation cells, corridor modules that carry the fire-protected access route, men's and women's sanitary, laundry, a two-container kitchen, a refrigerated module with its own generator, potable water and wastewater tank containers, a fuel tank container, generator containers and a power distribution container. Tanax delivers the set, connects it, levels it, commissions it and hands over SK and EN manuals. On one framework that meant 40-container sets going up in about ten working days.
Documentation is half the contract.
Design package, integrated logistic support package and analysis, verification and validation plan, train-the-trainer package, and a spare-parts and obsolescence commitment measured in decades rather than months. Design availability targets repairability inside eight hours. Tanax builds to that documentation regime.
Configurations
Variants and where to find them in the catalogue
- No photograph yet
Accommodation cell with a bunk bed, seen from the door 
Corridor module with connecting doors, under construction - No photograph yet
- No photograph yet
VisualisationVisualisationThe finished camp, from the animation Camp set
- 16 to 200+ modules delivered, connected and commissioned
Military camp family
One family. One working camp.
Power, water, hygiene, kitchen and storage in one military container family, built to NATO quality assurance requirements (AQAP 2110). It arrives as containers and is handed over as a camp: set down, connected, running.
- AQAP 2110 quality system
- NATO CAGE 4094M
- Sanitary container
- Drinking water container
- Wastewater container
- Container laundry
- Kitchen module
- Fuel tank
- Container generator
- Power distribution
- Storage container
- Refrigerated and freezer container
- Power
- Water
- Wastewater
- Fuel
Build detail
What the detail photography shows
Wall climate unit and window in a module 
Twist-lock fitting in a corner casting 
Door threshold installation 
Internal cable trunking 
Electric wall convector beside the entry door 
Corridor towards the end door, under construction 
Cell interior with window 
Frame mounting plate 
Aluminium door threshold 
Cell with internal door 
Cell lighting and window
Standards
What we build to and what we issue
- AQAP 2110
- EN 1090-1 EXC2 / EN ISO 3834-2
- ISO 668:2020 Amd 1 / ISO 1161 / ISO 1496
- EN 60309
- EN 12464-1
- EN 50131-1
- ISO 2808
| Standard | What it covers |
|---|---|
| AQAP 2110 | Quality assurance for design, development and production |
| EN 1090-1 EXC2 / EN ISO 3834-2 | Steel execution and welding |
| ISO 668:2020 Amd 1 / ISO 1161 / ISO 1496 | Dimensions, castings, structural test |
| EN 60309 | Industrial connectors |
| EN 12464-1 | Lighting levels |
| EN 50131-1 | Intrusion alarm grading where specified |
| ISO 2808 | Coating thickness verification |
Documentation issued
Design package, coating and thickness report, electrical inspection, functional test protocol, integrated logistic support package, verification and validation plan, train-the-trainer material, SK and EN operating and installation manuals, spare-parts list with 20-year availability statement.
Proof
Deployments with a number in them
- 01
200+ modules delivered
Under a multi-year framework in the €16 M class for a Central European ministry of defence, running to 2028: accommodation, corridor and sanitary modules, plus storage call-offs.
Read the case study - 02
80 modules in about ten working days
Assembled into two connected 40-unit sets, with crane, hiab, riggers, optical levelling and the full acceptance sequence.
Read the case study - 03
160 modules in one quarter
Delivered and accepted across two garrison sites, at rates rising from 15 to 20 trucks a day.
Read the case study
Scope
What the price includes, and what it does not
Included
- Modules
- Connection into sets
- Levelling and siting on prepared pads
- Commissioning
- Coating to CARC specification
- Documentation package
- Training
- Spare-parts list
Not included
- Site preparation, hard standing, foundations
- External utility supply
- Electronics, communications and cryptographic equipment
- EMI/TEMPEST verification, which is a partner scope
- Armed escort or site security
If we have not built exactly this before, we will say so and tell you what we have built that is closest. Two prototype programmes in this factory were delivered below cost because nobody said that early enough. We do not do that any more, to you or to us.
Lead times
By variant
| Variant | Lead time |
|---|---|
| Single command or storage module | 8-12 weeks |
| 16-module set | 14-18 weeks |
| 40-module set | 18-24 weeks |
| Framework call-off against an established design | 60 days is achievable and has been contracted |
Engagement
Four ways to buy
Buy a catalogue unit
Pick from 94 published SKUs with full specifications, get a price, get a delivery date.
Modify a catalogue unit
Start from a standard shell and change what needs changing. Fastest route to a non-standard requirement.
Build to your specification
You bring the specification or the drawings, we review them, we build. Prototype and serial priced separately.
Subcontract fabrication
You are the prime, we are the hall. EN 1090-1 EXC2 capacity with AQAP 2110 assurance behind it.
Process
Specification to delivery in five steps
- 01
Send the specification.
A drawing, a tender annex, or three sentences. Whichever you have.
- 02
Review, in writing.
We tell you what is missing or contradictory before anyone quotes. 3-5 working days.
- 03
Quotation.
Bottom-up: material at purchase cost, co-operation, direct hours at a fully absorbed rate. 2-3 weeks for a complex build.
- 04
Design freeze and build.
Changes after freeze are variations, priced and agreed.
- 05
Test, document, deliver.
Factory acceptance where specified, full document pack, delivery and installation where quoted.
FAQ
Questions procurement asks
Do you hold defence quality accreditation?
Yes. AQAP 2110 alongside ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and EN ISO 3834-2, with EN 1090-1 EXC2 for the steel. We are a registered defence supplier with a CAGE code and hold a national defence trade licence.
Can you deliver a whole camp?
Yes. Accommodation, sanitary, laundry, kitchen, cold chain, water, waste, fuel, power generation and power distribution, plus storage, delivered and connected as a system.
Do you do EMI or TEMPEST shielding?
We build the shelter and the shielding provisions. Verified shielded fit-out is delivered with an electronics partner. We will not claim a capability we do not test in-house.
What is CARC RAL 6003?
The matt olive-green chemical-agent-resistant coating standard used on defence equipment. We apply it and measure it per ISO 2808.
How fast can you install?
Two connected 40-module sets in about ten working days, given a crane, a hiab, riggers and a prepared surface.
Send us the specification. A drawing, a tender annex, or three sentences.
You will get a written review of it inside a week, whether or not you buy anything.
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