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Attention, campers!


WHEN YOU HEAD OUT TO THE WIDE OPEN SPACES, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE ALONG FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS.

HERE'S A ROUNDUP OF ARMY TENTS, WITH THEIR NSNS NSNS National Security News Service
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Tent                NSN                  TM                 FIG

Tent,               The TEMPER           10-8340-224-13     (1)
extendable,         has more than
modular,            20 configurations.   10-8340-224-23P
personal            For NSNs,
(TEMPER)            see the TMs.

Complexing kit      The passageways      10-5411-203-13     (2)
  passageways.      come in              10-5411-203-23P
  The passageways   14 different
  fit between       styles and colors.
  an ISO shelter    For part numbers,
  and a TEMPER.     see the TMs.

Soldier crew tent                        10-8340-227-13&P
Type I, green/tan   8340-01-359-0084
  over-cover
Type II,            8340-01-359-1481
  green/white
  over-cover

General purpose                          10-8340-211-13     (3)
tent                                     10-8340-211-23P
  Small green       8340-00-470-2335 *
  Medium green      8340-00-482-3963 *
  Large green       8340-00-470-2342 *
  Medium tan        8340-01-329-7478
  Large tan         8430-01-329-7479
Arctic              8340-01-059-4075     10-8340-222-10 0   (4)
  10-man tent
Assembly            8340-00-262-2877     10-8340-222-10
  tent M-1942
Command post tent   8340-00-269-1370 *   10-8340-222-10
  M-1945
Arctic 5-man tent   8340-01-026-6095     10-8340-222-10
Modular command                          10-5410-229-13&P   (5)
  post system
   (MCPS)
    Green           8340-01-323-2454
    Tan             8340-01-334-7529
Kitchen fly         8340-00-470-2341     10-8340-205-13&P
  proof tent
Shelter             8340-01-026-6096     110-8340-221-13
  half tent

Standard                                 10-5410-230-13
integrated
command
post system
(SICPS)
boot walls.
These are
passageways
that join a
MCPS tent to a
vehicle
or shelter.
Type I, Class I     8340-01-378-8301
Type I, Class II    8340-01-380-2241
Type II, Class I    8340-01-364-4497
Type IV, Class I    8340-01-364-4496

Modular general                          10-8340-240-12&P   (6)
purpose
tent system
(MGPTS)
  Small green       8340-01-456-3633
  Medium green      8340-01-456-3628
  Large green       8340-01-456-3674
  Small tan         8340-01-491-1507
  Medium tan        8340-01-491-1515
  Large tan         8340-01-491-1479

Lightweight                              10-5410-284-13&P
  maintenance
  enclosure
  (LME)
   Type I
     Green          8340-01-456-3637
     Desert Tan     8340-01-512-6865
   Type II (for
   laundry
   advanced
   system)
     Green          5410-01-512-6867
     Desert Tan     5410-01-512-6868
Shelter half tent   8340-01-026-6096     10-8340-221-13

Two-man             8340-01-059-2430 *   10-8340-221-13
mountain tent

Large area          5410-01-334-3158     10-5410-232-14&P
maintenance
shelter
(LAMS)

Large area          5410-01-333-9299     10-5410-231-13&P
vehicle
maintenance
shelter (LAVMS)


To get the full story on tents, visit the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia's (DSCP DSCP Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (US DoD)
DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point
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DSCP Decision Support and Custormer Platform (Sprint) 
) Base Camp website at: http://warfighter.dla.mil/special/basecamp/index.jsp The site is devoted to tents and their accessories.

* Those NSNs marked with an asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX.

(2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication.
 may not be available for ordering, but the tents are still in the field.

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