Bulletproof cabins for sale

What is a bulletproof cabin?

A bulletproof cabin is a guard post built to protect the person inside from gunfire. Ours are built from armoured steel and armoured glazing to the BR7 protection level, in eight standard sizes. For lower-risk sites, our standard security cabins cost a fraction of the price.

Strictly, no building is proof against everything, which is why engineers say bullet resistant and talk in ratings. The BR classes come from EN 1063, the European test standard for bullet-resistant glazing. They run from BR1 to BR7, and BR7 is the highest: it is tested against rifle rounds with a hardened steel core. We confirm the specification of the glazing, walls and door for your cabin in your written quote.

An armoured cabin — also called a ballistic security booth or a bullet-resistant guard booth — looks much like an ordinary security hut, but it is a different product: heavier, built to order and priced for the protection it gives. It is the right choice when the risk assessment for a post says a standard hut is not enough. Typical sites include:

• Government and diplomatic sites: embassies, ministries and courts.
• Military and police sites: gate posts, checkpoints and guard rooms.
• Ports and borders: vehicle and freight checkpoints.
• Energy, utilities and data centres: perimeter gates at critical sites.
• Cash and high-value logistics: yard entrances and loading bays.

Bulletproof cabin sizes and drawings

There are eight standard sizes, all 3.00 m high. Choose by how many people are inside, what they do and whether the cabin sits between traffic lanes.

The pictures on this page are technical drawings and renders of the range. Your written quote comes with a drawing of your own cabin, with door and window positions marked, so your security team can check sightlines before anything is built.

Before you choose, walk the post with whoever wrote the risk assessment. Note where vehicles and people approach, where the barrier, lights and cameras are, which sides the guard must see and which way the door should open. Those notes are what we turn into your drawing.

• 1.50 × 1.50 m: one guard, a chair and a small counter — a single gate post.
• 1.50 × 2.00 m: one guard with a desk and room for monitors.
• 2.00 × 2.00 m: a two-person post.
• 2.00 × 3.00 m: checkpoint size for a vehicle lane.
• 2.00 × 4.00 m: a long cabin for multi-lane vehicle checkpoints.
• 3.00 × 3.00 m: control-room size for a team watching CCTV.
• 3.00 × 4.00 m: a guard room with space to rest between patrols.
• 3.00 × 5.00 m: our largest armoured cabin.

Delivery, base and installation

An armoured cabin is heavy: 3,000 kg for the smallest size and 10,500 kg for the largest. That weight decides the lift and the base, so we plan both with you when we quote, including whether the lorry's own crane (HIAB) can make the lift at your site or a separate mobile crane is needed.

Plan the lift early. The lorry needs a firm standing area close to the base, clear of overhead cables, and the heavier the cabin, the closer the crane must get. If the post is behind a gate, kerb or wall, tell us in your inquiry and we plan the route with you.

The base should be a level reinforced concrete slab designed for the load. Your engineer or groundworker sizes it from the weight and footprint on our drawing, and the cabin is then fixed down. An electrician connects the incoming supply.

Every bulletproof cabin is built to order, so we confirm the lead time for your size and specification in your written quote. A permanent cabin at a site entrance can need planning permission; check with your local council — we can supply drawings for the application.