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221: 201: 177: 189: 60: 52: 165: 153: 733: 40: 220: 130:(literally "cape-tents", designed to be used as both a part of a larger tent cover, or an individual weatherproof cape) since 1894, and the modern version, virtually unchanged since, was introduced in 1936, with the camo version being available since 1942. To add some confusion, the ordinary waterproofed cape with a similar name ( 82:
and concealment when combined with one or more sections. Two sheets of canvas or a similar material (the halves) are fastened together with snaps, straps or buttons to form a larger surface. The shelter-half is then erected using poles, ropes, pegs, and whatever tools are on hand, forming an inverted
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Shelter halves are a mainstay of most armies, and are known from the mid 19th century. Often, each soldier carries one shelter-half and half the poles, etc., and they pair off to erect a two-man tent. The size and shape of each half shelter piece may vary from army to army, but are typically
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shelter-halves. The Austro-Hungarian army used the M888 zeltbahn that was first issued in an ochre color, later in grey color that had a bayonet hole allowing the rifle to be used as an ad-hoc tent pole. Russian Army has used
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introduced in 1929 for their half-shelters. The first camouflage uniforms were the Second World War German paratrooper smock, based on their M1931
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shaped. When time and space allow, some forms of half-shelters can be combined into a larger, more complex tent.
464: 317: 63: 134:, "cape-overcoat") was issued at the same time, but these were not intended to combine with each other. 51: 115:, several nations use camouflaged fabric. The first printed camouflage for soldiers were the Italian 426: 79: 554: 454: 368: 340: 703: 576: 478: 295: 282: 241: 621: 419: 251: 211: 122: 751: 718: 698: 256: 117: 591: 586: 39: 616: 611: 503: 483: 473: 411: 631: 564: 538: 207: 112: 713: 708: 601: 569: 559: 66:
ROTC students setting up pup tents during an exercise on campus, circa 1950s
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U.S. Army pup tent in World War II, and made with two shelter halves
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Shelter-halves are usually designed to serve double duty as
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V structure. Small tents like these are often called
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History of Russian Army: Regular Infantry 1885–1918
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Shelter half
Pup Tent



Arlington State College
tent
shelter
lozenge
ponchos
snipers
olive drab
Telo mimetico
Splittermuster
Camp Crane pup tents
Dutch Army pup tent from 1955
Two Polish Army shelter halves fastened together
Polish Army tent erected
German Boy Scouts with M1931 Splittermuster shelter-halves in 1993
Boy Scouts
Splittermuster
Russian plasch-palatka spread over ground
Bivouac shelter
Lean-to
Swag (bedroll)
Swedish torch
Care And Use of Individual Clothing and Equipment
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Tent, Shelter Half (Pup Tent)"

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