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Two man tent - please ID
This tent is in my QM as of today . Who was it issued to ? What vehicule ? It’s supposedly a two man tent but so heavy i doubt it was man carried . Armored crew tent ? Any ideas ? Never used this myself . 2 ground sheets zipped up together for a shelter and 10 man tents in a tobbogan and modular tents . We used our ground sheets zipped up and held to M113 ‘s sides with bungee cords as shelter . Armored crews ( Cougar , RECCE , Lynx , Iltis had a special tent if i recall and they sure looked comfortable in those . Is this the one ?
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44 GPW / 44 C-15-A Cab 13 Wireless 5 with 2K1 box X 2 / 44 U.C. No-2 MKII* / 10 Cwt Cdn Brantford Coach & Body trailer X 2 / 94 LSVW Last edited by Robert Bergeron; 23-12-21 at 21:58. |
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Looks very much like the armoured crew tents we used when I was in. We used them to house an Iltis crew of three, and it wasn't too bad, especially if you didn't have any kit inside the thing. I could be mistaken, but I don't think they were individually serialized, so no way of tracking who had what tent.
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Thanks Josh very nice of you to have shared that experience . I notice you just bought a LSVW . You will love it . Anyone else ?
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44 GPW / 44 C-15-A Cab 13 Wireless 5 with 2K1 box X 2 / 44 U.C. No-2 MKII* / 10 Cwt Cdn Brantford Coach & Body trailer X 2 / 94 LSVW Last edited by Robert Bergeron; 23-12-21 at 13:21. |
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Hi Robert
When I was in, we called them "Crew Tents" and they were issued to Armoured Vehicle Crews in the Regiment. Eventually, every vehicle had one (softskins in HQ etc). Easy to set up and other than in deep winter, a comfy dry space for 2-3 people. Not often we had x4 pers in them. Later, working with other trades, I heard them called "Recce Tents". I don't think they were ever considered to be man-portable or carried in the dismounted role. Nice find. regards Darrell
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As Mr Zinck has pointed out a great temporate weather tent and major score for you to own one.
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Well thank you very much Mr Zink & James P . Anyone else wanting to share his experience with this very nice piece of kit ? What was it replaced with ? Is it still in use ?
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