RE: [MV] Military Tent for Sale

From: Jumpmaster (the_real_jumpmaster@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2001 - 14:44:03 PDT


Check this out...
http://www.ld.com/cbd/archive/2001/03(March)/01-Mar-2001/83sol001.htm

Picture can be seen here:
http://www.bretonindustries.com/Sewing.htm

Modular General Purpose Tent System (MGPTS)
NSN: 8340-01-456-3633(s); Modular General Purpose Tent
System (MGPTS); Performance Specification; Includes
three sizes (Small, Medium, Large)

No hex-shaped among them...

TMB
1985 M1009 CUCV

--- John Hutterer <john.hutterer@deltec.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure what it is that you are referring to as
> a GP Small. The one that I own, and which is marked
> as a "Tent, General Purpose, Small", is hexagonal.
> It has six sides, two of which are split from top to
> bottom to form doors. There are two wall panels
> between the sides which are split to form the doors.
> There is a single center pole, about 11' tall, and
> six corner poles. There are also two door poles that
> are about a foot taller than the corner poles, one
> located at the center of each door opening. The side
> walls are a little over 5 feet tall.
>
> There is an item known as an ARCTIC tent. It is also
> hexagonal. The walls on
> it are only about 3' tall. There are no corner poles
> or door poles. There is
> only the center pole. The walls are held up by
> tension on the guy ropes. I
> believe that the Arctic tent is exactly the same
> size as a GP Small tent,
> just shorter. I have seen an Arctic liner in a GP
> Small, so I have to
> believe that they are the same basic dimensions.
>
> There is also a tent known as a Command Post (CP)
> tent. It is rectangular,
> and about half the size of a GP Medium. It comes
> with an internal wall that
> divides it into 1/3 - 2/3 spaces. I think that it
> might be an M1945. To the
> best of my knowledge, it does not come in sections,
> and neither do the
> Arctic or GP Small tents.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jumpmaster
> [mailto:the_real_jumpmaster@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:47 PM
> To: john.hutterer@deltec.com
> Cc: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> Subject: Re: [MV] Military Tent for Sale
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Hutterer
> [SMTP:john.hutterer@deltec.com]
> > If your tent has a single center pole, it can't be
> a
> > GP Medium. It might be a GP Small, but then it
> would
> > be hexagonal.
>
> FWIW...Actually, a GP Small is different than the
> hex
> tent...(hex tent is smaller and the GP Small isn't
> hex-shaped...) We went over this on the list before
> and it can easily confuse people...
>
> T. Bloxom
> 1985 M1009 CUCV
>
>
>
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