A day in history. Interesting Joseph Glidden invented wire Joseph Glidden, an American farmer from Illinois, applied for a patent for barbed wire on October 27, 1873, giving it the form in which it is still used today. It was the first successful fence capable of stopping cattle, was cheap to manufacture and use, and became extremely popular. Barbed wire is a type of wire-shaped fencing with sharp spikes located on it. It is used to build cheap fences, as well as to improve the characteristics of sustainability. You already know about the use of wire when performing combat engineering tasks.

A day in history. Interesting Joseph Glidden invented wire Joseph Glidden, an American farmer from Illinois, applied for a patent for barbed wire on October 27, 1873, giving it the form in which it is still used today. It was the first successful fence capable of stopping cattle, was cheap to manufacture and use, and became extremely popular. Barbed wire is a type of wire-shaped fencing with sharp spikes located on it. It is used to build cheap fences, as well as to improve the characteristics of sustainability. You already know about the use of wire when performing combat engineering tasks.