Military personnel and obstacle courses are inextricably linked. But what obstacles do soldiers now encounter? The hiba, as the obstacle course is called in military jargon, tests and trains physical skills related to moving in terrain and operating in urbanized areas. Climbing, scrambling, jumping, pulling yourself up and hanging are some of the techniques used while completing an obstacle course.
Parts Hiba
An official military obstacle course consists of 15 parts. The order of these components may differ from barracks to barracks.
Chain ladder
Climb up the rope ladder, climb over the steel beam and climb down again on the other side of the ladder.
Running wires
This obstacle consists of a number of spun threads. The idea is to jump over these wires until you arrive at the other side.
Creep wires
This obstacle consists of a large sandbox over which threads have been spun. You crawl under these wires.
Balance beams
The balance beams lie over a deep pit. You walk over the beams to the other side.
Windows
You sprint into the window and then jump out again.
Double beam
The idea with the double beam is that you climb over the highest two beams and go under the lowest two.
The ford
At the ford, you jump from pawn to pawn, you are not supposed to hit the sand.
Sewer pipes
Simply put, you crawl through the sewer pipes, or crawlways, until you see daylight again.
Jumping board
There is a ditch in front of the jumping board. You jump over this onto the jumping board. Here you grab the rope and then walk up. At the end of the board, hang off and jump down.
Climbing frame
You climb up on the climbing frame/climbing frame and then climb back down on the other side.
Slanted horizontal rack
The sloping horizontal rack is also called a mousetrap. You climb up via the beams. There are also beams on the rack again. You also walk across this. At the end you hang down again and jump down.
Irish table
You swing yourself around the table with your stomach, hang down on the other side and jump off again.
Storm wall
You climb onto the wall and you jump off on the other side.
Tank ditch
On one side you enter the anti-tank ditch, on the other side you climb out again by pulling yourself up.
Spring locks
Three locks, of which the middle one is slightly deeper.