Talk:Concertina wire

message: So wait.  What kind are these?
Image:Concertina wire close-up.jpg
Image:Concertina wire close-up 2.jpg
Image:Concertina wire on the FAA airplane station.jpg
 
We really need something to replace that MS Paint drawing. — Omegatron 00:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure how other nations use the term, but in the US Army, all three of those images would be called razor wire. Concertina wire is has very small barbs. They look like rectangles with very slight protrusions on the edges. EvilCouch 16:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

text: If you look at manufacturers' websites, the names are used somewhat interchangeably.   They are all variations on the same design. — Omegatron 19:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So they do. If the manufacturers can't provide consistency in naming, then I'm fighting a losing battle here. I no longer oppose the merge. EvilCouch 00:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: So if constantine wire is different from concertina wire, then why does it re-direct here? could someone maybe create a new page for it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.4.74.65 (talk) 18:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  constantine wire 

message: This article talks a lot about the name "constantine" but not about the name "concertina", so why was a type of barbed wire named after a musical instrument? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Trcunning (talk • contribs) 11:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because of the way it stretches out like a concertina.  — Omegatron 13:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name: Concertina vs Constantine 

message: What is "dull wire"? Isn't concertina normally made up of razor wire or barb wire?--Dwane E Anderson (talk) 05:46, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dull wire?  

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message: I just came from the article on razor tape, where I had a baffling time trying to figure out, from the vague and meaningless phrases being thrown around, what the difference between "helical" and "concertina" wire was. After finally reading in the comments on the talk page, I've finally concluded (perhaps erroneously) that "concertina wire" is made up of two strands of wire coiled together. Not sure if this is always the case, but it's the only conclusion I can come up with based on the evidence I can find in these two articles. More details and a clearer statement as such would be nice. See, I left this article thinking what I always have, that concertina wire is a strand of barbed wire formed into a coil. If this is actually "helical" wire, and concertina is made up of two or more strands, this ought to be stated (as well as when this became the case, since I doubt WWI soldiers were building it this way). If a single coil of wire is in fact concertina wire, then I actually have no clue what the list on the other page is talking about when it describes the differences between "helical" and "concertina" wire, since "helical" just means "coiled". AnnaGoFast (talk) 02:10, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single vs double strand construction?