Same here,
The only danger involved when i was using them, was the obligatory landrover test - and i always seemed to get picked to be in the firetrench at the time !
Snap, I always 'over engineered' mine as a result.
Same here,
The only danger involved when i was using them, was the obligatory landrover test - and i always seemed to get picked to be in the firetrench at the time !
what is the best way to set these shelters up? just pitch it like a old style force 10 n throw lots of dirt etc over them?
do they have eyelets now then? I only used them when attatched, as in recce units we didn't dig in. we used to pinch the pegs though and use the rest to waterproof kit in the wagons.
Allways thought they were pretty useless but they did do what was required I suppose.
They are designed to be the roof of a firetrench, a 6 foot long x "the armpits of the shortestman" high trench, that you fight from.
you pin the cord supplied crisscross ( im sure there was a leaflet in each pack with a diagram ) across your trench at one end using the pegs supplied ( over half of the trench ) then lay the sheet, then overlay with branches etc, then layers of compacket earth, branches, earch continue.
then you get in - if you get inside - your NCO will then drive a defender over the top, if you survive, you have a good firestrench shelter.
OR
suppose you could rig as a hamock with sheetbends on the corners ?
Loz