What you have are the end sections of an ASSEMBLY Tent. Want to know more?
Read on:
The Assembly Tent is a large circus-type expandable design. The tent is
40 feet wide and is typically built 80 feet long. The tent can be extended
in 20 foot increments. The "Big Top" is 18' high and the eave height is 8
feet high. At 80' the tent weighs in at 1,755 lbs. with pins and poles
included. The sidewalls can be detached to provide a large sheltered area.
The 80' version can seat approximately 500 persons or billet 80 persons.
The outer shell is still OD cotton duck. The erection time is 5 hours and 2
hours to strike with a 5 soldier crew.
The LIN for the complete system (non stocked) 8340-00-262-2877 is V47345.
Please note the block and tackle is not stocked but any standard commercial
block and tackle will work to hoist the fabric to the center poles top.
NSN QUANTITY DESCRIPTION
8340-00-266-6782 4 WALL SECTION.
8340-00-266-6780 2 END SECTION.
8340-00-266-6781 2 MIDDLE SECTION
8340-00-377-6606 1 RIGGING SET
8340-00-272-9285 1 BLOCK & TACKLE
8340-00-242-7863 3 CHAIN, HOOK & RING
8340-00-252-2266 9 LINE
8340-00-261-9752 39 36" WOOD PIN
8340-00-082-5738 30 EAVE POLE 8'-3"
8340-00-241-8183 3 RIDGE POLE 21'
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spunky's Motor Pool" <spunkysmotorpool@home.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Military Tent for Sale
> I'm just going by what someone told me, based on the NSN numbers that is
on
> the two sections. Both show the NSN number of 8340-00-266-6780, and says
> "Tent Section End for Tent Assy., with cover". If I was given wrong
> information, I apologize. No intent to mislead. I deal with trucks, not
> tents.
>
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