>>41958
>Okay, it's about "interior design" but that fortification is nowhere from Vauban's sophistication (I would expect the dude to be familiar with Vauban's work if the designs military shit, I would expect him to know a lot about all kinds of defensive buildings from the antiquity to the present).

It is just a similar looking fort, but not fort made by Vauban principles. His works were about protection from ricochet fire, different types of artillery etc, There were plenty of different concepts, reverse-sloped rows, counterscarps, different wall height.

But those Mali "forts" are just look like that from above. Looks like their commander is an educated history lover, and tried to make it beautiful, in old style.

But whatever, no one in sane mind would really attack French forces, so they need to protect themselves only from rare crazy jihadis, not from proper enemy army.