Bremer wall

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A Bremer wall is a twelve-foot-high portable, steel-reinforced concrete wall of the type used for blast protection throughout Iraq. The name is believed to have originated from L. Paul Bremer III of the Coalition Provisional Authority, who was the Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following the Iraq War of 2003 in the early years of the Iraq war.

The Bremer barrier resembles the smaller 3-foot (1 meter) tall Jersey Barrier, which is used widely for vehicle traffic control on coalition military bases in Iraq. To indicate that the Bremer barrier is similar but larger, the 12-foot tall intermediate-sized Bremer barriers are usually referred to as Texas Barriers (but not to be confused with the 3-1/2 foot (1.1 meter) Texas constant slope barrier). By this same naming convention, the largest barriers, which stand around 6 metres (20 feet) tall, are called Alaska Barriers. Unlike the Jersey Barrier which has sloped-sides at the base, the Texas and Alaska barriers have a rectangular ledge (usable as a bench for sitting or resting) which is approximately knee high for a typical adult.

Alaska Barriers are typically used as perimeter fortifications of well-established bases in Iraq.

These T-shaped walls were originally developed by the Israelis in the Israeli West Bank barrier. The term "T-wall" is commonly used by soldiers throughout Iraq, due to their shape being similar to an inverted T when viewed from the side.