Military sheet
Tent sheets , today mostly printed in camouflage color, are used as rain protection, as elements in bivouacs and to camouflage military facilities. They are specially treated and therefore water-repellent and very resistant to abrasions and dirt. The term military cover is a purely Swiss term. In Germany and Austria, the tent sheet is trapezoidal.
Swiss military sheet
The official designation in the Swiss Army is tent 01 and tent 64 , with the number referring to the year of introduction (1901 and 1964). The two models differ in the camouflage pattern and partly in the fastening of the buttons. These are sewn or riveted onto the tarpaulin, very old models have the buttons attached to a strong cord so that a button can be used on both sides - the button on the cord is pulled through the eyelet to the opposite side.
The Swiss military sheet is square and has a side length of 165 centimeters. It is made of chemically modified cotton and has reinforced seams that give it a very high tear resistance. Along the edges there are a total of 32 buttonholes and 64 aluminum buttons in double rows, which make it possible to connect two military sheets. A removable tent cord two meters in length is incorporated into each military sheet, an approximately 60 cm long "neck cord" as well as four corner and center straps. In each corner there is a strong metal eyelet as a holder for a tent pole. The tarpaulin weighs 1.25 kg dry.
A peg sack belongs to every tarpaulin. This contains three aluminum or steel pegs and, depending on the version, either three wooden tent pegs (each 40.5 cm, put together 110 cm long) or four longer and one shorter aluminum tent pole.
Damaged military tarpaulins used to be marked in yellow on one corner and referred to as "B tarpaulins" or "reject tarpaulins". Today, all tent cloths camouflaged on both sides count as “reject sheets”, as the newer ones only have camouflage patterns on one side .
The tarpaulins used to be used in the army as rain protection, today they are used for camouflage and for building bivouacs. By cleverly joining together several tarpaulins, different tent shapes in different sizes and shapes can be produced. In this use they are particularly popular with youth associations ( Boy Scouts , Cevi , Jungwacht Blauring , BESJ and others).
See also
credentials
- know + be able to. Cotti, Oberholzer. 10th edition, 1984, ISBN 3 7252 0291 5 .
- Knowing and ability. Kaderli, Bertschy, Ritter, 1998. ISBN 978-3-7252-0667-4 .
- Military blankets on YoungstarsWiki.org [1]