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General George Washington used a pair of campaign tents throughout much of the American Revolutionary War. In warm weather, he used one for dining with his officers and aides, and the other as his military office and sleeping quarters. Canvas panels and poles from both tents survive, and are currently owned by four separate historical ...
The Sibley tent was invented by the American military officer Henry Hopkins Sibley and patented in 1856. Of conical design, it stands about 12 feet (3.7 m) high and 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter. [1] It can comfortably house about a dozen men. [2] The Sibley design differed from other conical tents, or bell tents in a number of ways. Sibley's ...
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 plasch-palatkas (literally "cape-tents", designed to be used as both a part of a larger tent cover, or an individual weatherproof cape ...
A Jamesway hut had wooden ribs and a type of insulated fabric covering then used by the Army Air Corps. Insulated blankets in 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)-wide lengths were made with glass fiber insulation faced with flame-proof muslin and enclosed in plastic-treated cotton that was water-, vermin-, and fire-proof. The hardware (nails, fasteners, and ...
Modular Command Post System (MCPS) tent, Type 3 (green) A M577 command post carrier with a MCPS tent. The Modular Command Post System (MCPS) is a modular tent system for mobile or temporary tactical operations centers, developed in the early-mid 1990s by the United States Army. The tents are designed to be utilised as a free-standing shelter.
Roman Army leather tents (centre left), as depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome (photo of plaster casts). A form of tent called a teepee or tipi, noted for its cone shape and peak smoke hole, was also used by Native American tribes and Aboriginal Canadians of the Plains Indians since ancient times, variously estimated from 10,000 to 4,000 years BC.