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
Link to Logsa to Order The Army TM
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GENERAL PURPOSE LARGE
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.
GENERAL PURPOSE MEDIUM (shown below with fly)
8340-01-455-8947 Commercial G.P. Medium Green. This is not a tactical tent (humanitarian use only). "Military Specification Old Style G.P. Medium tent retrofitted with an internal roof cap to deflect seam leakage. Fabric Mil Spec Vinyl cam.green 483(no blackout) since it was built prior to the blackout requirement. To eliminate rain seam leakage we have installed a White roof cap liner (the liner has no walls). Tent skin and roof cap only if you require the liner with insect screening order the MIL-SPEC Liner 8340-00-262-2402. Order the pins and poles below.
COMPONENTS:
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.
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updated May 26, 2003