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After the latest proper war, the crafty Norwegians copied the shelter quarter system directly from the Germans. Some years forward, they developed this rhombus-shaped type, which is a whole different animal and also works as a rain poncho.
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After the latest proper war, the crafty Norwegians copied the shelter quarter system directly from the Germans. Some years forward, they developed this rhombus-shaped type, which is a whole different animal and also works as a rain poncho.
Note: We fucked up erecting the tent in the pictures. We'll get it right, just hold on for an update...
The idea of a shelter / poncho is that each soldier carries one of these and a set of tent pole sections, stakes, and guylines. When a group of soldiers come together they can join their shelter fabrics and set up a more comfortable camp anywhere.
You can button up as many as 16 of these to make tents for 4 to 16 persons. The Norwegians have printed the instructions on the fabric itself, see the extra picture in case those are worn out on your piece. (They often are.) The round markings are the places where the poles go and the small arrows denote where you bring edges together to form 3D shapes.
Major Diagonal | 300 cm | 118" |
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Minor Diagonal | 180 cm | 71" |
Sides (all) | 170 cm | 67" |
Weight | 1.6 kg | 3.5 lbs |
Compatible with Norwegian, East German, and Third Reich tent poles. We are not quite sure how many pole sections you would need (depends on the tent type and height), but every soldier was normally issued two or three to go with his shelter quarter. We do know that the 4-person model works with 3 + 3 East German poles. For the larger tents, nature's own poles or long metal poles are probably a better idea.
Material
Made of very tough cotton duck and waterproofed ages ago. We can't promise the proofing is still there - more likely not. However as cotton is a true super material, you can reproof it yourself in a variety of ways; technical waterproofer agents, wax or even soaking it in linseed oil and turpentine (open up YouTube, search "Oilskin tarp"). We do not take responsibility of anything you might try.
Norwegian army surplus
All of these are in OK serviceable condition, repaired when necessary. However be prepared to encounter a damaged or missing button here or there.
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