What Is Ballistic Concrete — And Why It Matters for Live Fire Training

  • February 12, 2026

EOD Containment Pits Built with Amidon Ballistic Concrete

Intro: Explosive Ordnance Disposal training has different structural demands than live-fire shoot houses - the containment structure has to hold up to blast and fragmentation, repeatedly, without degrading. Amidon builds EOD pits on the same ABC system used across its other training structures, engineered for that specific use case.

Built for Containment, Not Just Impact

A shoot house wall is engineered to absorb sustained small-arms fire. An EOD pit has a different job: containing blast and fragmentation in a structure that can be used again and again without needing to be rebuilt after every evolution.

Designed Around the Training Protocol

EOD training follows established protocols for how ordnance is handled, approached, and disposed of, and the containment structure needs to support that workflow rather than constrain it - reasonable access, predictable containment geometry, and construction that holds up to repeated real-world use rather than a single exposure.

Part of a Larger System

Like Amidon's other specialized structures, EOD pits aren't a one-off product - they're built on the same patented ballistic concrete system and modular construction approach used across the shoot house, range, and subterranean complex product lines.