General Purpose Tents
 
 
 
These vintage designs have been replaced by the Modular General Purpose Tent System this site will maintained till the older fielded tents have been replaced

 
 

Tents are fire water and mildew resistant. The outer skins fabric (except the commercial G.P. Medium) is also blackout and built to spectral reflectance specifications. The fabric is a 13 1/2 oz. vinyl coated polyester duck.

The Technical Manual for the General Purpose Tents is TM-8340-211-13 & 35E5-1-101
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GENERAL PURPOSE LARGE

COMPONENTS:
 
NSN NOMENCLATURE QUANTITY PER TENT
8340-00-285-5596 REPLACEMENT CANVAS W/TRANSPORT COVER 1
8340-00-285-5033 LINER 1
8340-00-188-8405 WOOD EAVE POLE 5' 8" 12
8340-00-188-8406 WOOD DOOR POLE 6' 2" 4
8340-00-188-8411 WOOD RIDGE POLE 12' 3" 4
8340-00-252-2271 EAVE LINE 13'  
8340-00-252-2293 RIDGE LINE 50'  
8340-00-285-8432 TRANSPORT COVER 1
8340-00-261-9750 PIN, 16 " 68
8340-00-261-9751 PIN, 24" 32
8340-00-782-3395 * OPTIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM 12' RIDGE POLE 4
8340-00-759-9747 * OPTIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM 5' 6" EAVE POLE 12
8340-00-759-9751 * OPTIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM 6' DOOR POLE 5
* USE IN LIEU OF WOODEN POLES
 
 

The G.P. Large Tent is 18 feet wide by 52 feet long (936 sq. ft. footprint) by 5 foot 6 inch eaveline and 12 foot ridgeline height. The tent features four windows on each sidewall and one screened doorway at each end. The entire sidewall rolls and ties in the up position for flow through ventilation. Standard stovepipe shields are located on the roof to accommodate the standard military heater's 4" pipe.

The complete tent with pins, poles and liner weighs in at 670 lbs. with a shipping cube of 69 feet. The recommended erection team of 6 soldiers takes 1 hour 15 minutes and 60 minutes to strike.
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GENERAL PURPOSE MEDIUM (shown below with fly)

Tent shown with optional fly
NSN NOMENCLATURE QUANTITY PER TENT
8340-01-412-9698 ROOF FLY, GREEN 1
8340-01-418-2506 ROOF FLY, TAN 1
8340-00-262-2402 LINER 1
8340-00-188-8405 WOODEN EAVE POLE 5' 8" 10
8340-00-188-8406 WOODEN DOOR POLE 6' 2" 4
8340-00-227-1400 WOODEN VERTICAL RIDGE POLE 10' 3" 2
8340-00-188-8400 WOODEN HORIZONTAL RIDGE POLE 17' 1
8340-00-252-2271 EAVE LINE 13'  
8340-00-252-2293 RIDGE LINE 50'  
8340-00-261-9750 16" WOODEN PIN 48
8340-00-261-9751 24" WOODEN PINS 28
8340-00-262-2397 TRANSPORT COVER 1
8340-00-543-7787 REPLACEMENT OUTER SKIN (GREEN) 1
8340-01-408-2882 REPLACEMENT OUTER SKIN (TAN) 1
8340-00-759-9751 * OPTIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM DOOR POLE 6' 4
8340-00-759-9747 * OPTIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM EAVE POLE 5' 6" 10
8340-00-782-3394 * OPTIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM RIDGE POLE 10' 2
8340-00-782-3396 * OPTIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM HORIZONTAL RIDGE POLE 17'   1
 * USE IN LIEU OF WOODEN POLES
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G.P. MEDIUM "STILL THE STANDARD"

This improved G.P. Medium has been retrofitted with heat sealed tape over the existing seams for a leak resistant roof. This 16 foot wide by 32 foot long tent has two stovepipe shields to accommodate the standard 4" heater pipe. The endwall is fitted with environmental control duct sleeves. The tent has one screened doorway at each end. The entire sidewall rolls and ties in the up position for flow through ventilation.

The complete tent includes a outer skin,  liner, poles, pins, lines and transport/storage cover.


 
 

GENERAL PURPOSE SMALL

8340-00-470-2335 FOR THE COMPLETE GREEN TENT (LIN V49126)

The General Purpose Small Tent is a six sided pyramidal design. Each side is 8 foot 9 inches long. The complete tent comes with a cotton liner, eight aluminum eave poles, one center telescopic aluminum pole and a transport/storage cover. The eave height is 5 feet with a center peak height of 10 feet 6 inches. The tent features a front and rear door with screened doors for flow through ventilation. The roof is fitted with a stovepipe shield to accommodate a standard military heater pipe. The total system weight is 186 lbs. with a shipping cube of 8 feet. Erection or strike times are 30 minutes with four soldiers.

COMPONENTS:
 
NSN NOMENCLATURE QUANTITY PER TENT
8340-00-753-6570 REPLACEMENT CANVAS 1
8340-00-262-3698 LINER 1
8340-00-753-6575 EAVE POLE, TELESCOPIC ADJUSTABLE 3'-5'-7' 8
8340-00-753-6574 CENTERPOLE TELESCOPIC ADJUSTABLE 8'-10'-10.5' 1
8340-00-252-2280 EAVE LINE 14'  
8340-00-252-6913 CORNER ROOF LINE 21.5'  
8340-00-261-9749 PIN, ALUMINUM 9" 28
8340-00-841-4648 TRANSPORT COVER 1
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updated May 26, 2003