Cloak-tent - soldier's friend, and other kinds of tents

Traditionally, this element of the uniform of the Russian military emerged back in the 19th century - as early as in 1882, the cloak-tent was part of the outfit as an indispensable attribute. But only the aggregate of that time was not much like modern light pieces of canvas: wooden stakes and racks were attached to it, which the soldier had to wear under his overcoat, along with a heavy and bulky tent folded into a roller. And nevertheless, the military was ready for this - finally, in the field conditions, their heads could not get wet under the rain. The idea of preserving the uniform in dry form was so appealing to the authorities that in 1910 the canvas triangle officially received the status of a "cloak-tent soldier" and was used during the reviews.

From the first years the raincoat-tent was issued in the khaki coloring masking the soldier's location at halt. The German soldiers of the second world era, the coloring of the cape-tent was two-sided - under "our" dirt and under the "native". It was possible to fasten four tents among themselves and get one big, full for several people. That's the only "but": since those very early years - that is, since 1910 no one has bothered to change the design of the tent - so our brave guys are wrapped up in a short, frail cloak.

A modern raincoat and its alternatives

Today, the raincoat has a canvas size of 180cm and cords for tightening the hood and the cloak itself. It can be worn both behind the back and in the form of a cape, but the buttons are replaced by the same wooden pegs. If the rate-fixers allocated at least 20 cm more to the length of the side of the tent - perhaps Russian soldiers would not have to press their feet during the rest.

With the help of a cloak-tent, the military cleans the weapon, using it as a litter, and for shooting, including. It carries foliage during the cleaning of the territory, it is covered with bunks in hiking shelters, etc. Due to its vivid glory and multifunctionality, the cape-tent gained popularity among imitators of the military style - there are those who prefer to hide in hikes only by it. As far as it is convenient - we will not argue, but for people who are more conservative, an ordinary double tent is better. They are now produced a huge number of super-light structures and materials - up to aluminum and fiberglass, they are folded into a tube that can be placed in a backpack. As for the forms - there is where to go for a walk: dome-shaped are popular, but tall rectangular ones are suitable for people of high stature.

How to make a tent with your own hands ?

Section for those who are especially devoted to tourism. You can make a house of six cameras from a road bike, ordinary polyethylene and tarpaulins. Such inflatable tents are mounted not on heavy metal, but on heavy-duty rubber tubes.

Cutting 4 chambers approximately in decimeter from the nipple, we get tubes of 120 cm each, to extend them, we take another 60 cm from the remaining chambers. It is necessary to glue the chambers and seal the ends. Now we are lining the tarpaulin, attaching them to the ends with a loop up to 5 cm in diameter. Nipples are left outside to pump air into the chambers.

From the piece of tarpaulins we cut out a circle and sew it to the covers - this will be the bottom of the tent and at the same time fixing the racks. Everything, now we prepare the awning from polyethylene, we glue "Moment" to racks and in addition we sew with kapron thread. Weigh such a tent no more than 2kg, and the installation process will not take more than 10 minutes.