To make sense of this list, go full screen,Then read down since this was a
column chart.First line was column headings. So the first tent is:
Hexagonal Arctic, sleeps 1-5, 113.2 sq.ft. of floor area, 6 sided, 6'7"
long, N/A width, 8'6" Ridge Height, 2' Eave height, 56 lbs , ship cube 3.8,
crew/erect= 5 men/15 minutes, Crew/strike=5 men/10 minutes.
TENT NAME SLEEPS SQ. FT.. FLOOR AREA LENGTH WIDTH RIDGE HEIGHT EAVE HEIGHT
WEIGHT Ship Cube Crew/Erect
Crew/Strike
HEXAGONAL ARCTIC 1-5 113.2 6 SIDED 6'7" N/A 8' 6" 2' 56 LBS 3.8 5/15
5/10
ARCTIC 10 SOLDIER 4-10 200 6 SIDED 8'9" N/A 8' 6" 3' 76 LBS 7.3 6/27
6/18
G.P. SMALL 4-10 200 6 SIDED 8'9" N/A 10' 6" 5' 186 LBS 8.3 4/30
4/30
G.P. MEDIUM 8-16 512 32 16' 10' 6" 5' 6" 530 LBS 33 4/40
4/40
TRADITIONAL COMMAND POST N/A 205 20' 7" 10' 9' 6' 235 LBS 10 5/20
5/15
RON
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hutterer" <john.hutterer@deltec.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Military Tent for Sale
> 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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