Introduced in 1942, as a replacement for the M-1934 Pyramidal Tent used for the previous Infantry Squad numbering 8 men.
This tent is used principally for quartering of men. It will shelter 16 men when stoves are not installed or 12 men when stoves are installed. They may be used as a small field hospital or field bakery, for storage, or for any other general purpose.
This tent is gradually taking the place of the pyramidal and storage tents, which have become limited standard items and will be issued only until the stock is depleted. This present model of the tent is a revision of the old type squad tent M – 1942. The new tent has several improvements, such as the two vertical doors, new ventilators, separate stove outlets and other minor features. Heating is supplied by two M-1941 tent stoves.
Pitching
The officer or non-commissioned officer in charge designates the line upon which the tent is to be pitched. A short peg is then driven into the ground to mark the locations (as the tents faces the company street) of the right front corner wall of each tent. The pegs are placed at intervals of 30 feet. This allows space of around 2 feet between tents.
Each squad usually pitches the tent which it is to occupy. Eight men can erect this tent in approximately 45 minutes.
The pictures that we have on our site have been kindly supplied to us by Wullie from Normandy 44 and a big thank you to Wullie for his help in the production of this tent. As always we use original tents to copy for our reproductions and again an original squad tent was lent to us by the guys at 2nd Armored so again many thanks to them for their help too!
Specifications of your M1942 Squad Tent
16 feet wide,
32 feet 7 ½ inches long
12 feet high
Made from 13oz duck canvas and waxed for waterproofing
4 x 6’ 2” upright poles for the doors
8 x 4’9” poles for the corners and middle of the tent
1 x 17’ ridge pole
2 x 12’3” up right poles
84 pegs
Correct stencil
Correct guy rope tensioners
Correct hand spliced guy ropes
1 x maul
1 x mallet
1 x tent bag
Please note – the tent in our pictures is of an original that belongs to Normandy 44 and is not of our tent. We will post pictures of ours as soon as it is dry enough for us to erect it.
