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Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:22 pm
by Salacious Crumb
Where them camouflaged at the frontline or where they camouflaged in the factory like the Zeltbahn? So far I've seen only camouflaged Stafftents.
Olivier

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:52 am
by sparky
The tan colour is not the nicest colour
Not that clued up on tents but i did look at buying an original camo staff tent a few years ago.
Also the other company in america sell 4 different colours of staff tent.
Does anyone have the isbn for the horst heinrichsen tent book as i want to get myself a copy
thanks
matt

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:37 pm
by Heeresbergführer

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:23 pm
by Stigroadie
Superb book.

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:30 pm
by sparky
Heeresbergführer wrote:Here's Horst's book on Amazon.de:

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http://www.amazon.de/Zelte-Zeltersatzau ... 3925480684
:D thank you very much !

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:36 am
by Pathfinder Jack
Guys before I go any further with the staff tent - now is a GOOD time to let me know (if we can all decide :o ) what colour you want....

Best wishes,

Jack.

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:36 pm
by koobleguy
Hi Jack,

please take a look at this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=53&t=15086

I'd only choose a colour which is historically correct, so
(if I am correct) it's either

tan (various shades) or light grey

I personally would prefer a little darker variation of the tan colour,
or (my favourite) the same colour as this Gebirgstruppenzelt:

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Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:47 pm
by Heeresbergführer
Servus Jack und Zeltkameraden,

I think the light olive color is very typical for most German tents and canvas items (Gebirgsjäger Rucksack, etc.) or a natural linen color would be the best choice overall.

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Of course the two- or three-tone camo pattern is very nice also, but I'm sure more expensive to have done:

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Horrido!
Patrick

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:55 am
by koobleguy
Heeresbergführer wrote: I think the light olive color is very typical for most German tents and canvas items (Gebirgsjäger Rucksack, etc.) or a natural linen color would be the best choice overall.
Yes, that would be best!

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:05 pm
by Pathfinder Jack
Heeresbergführer wrote:Servus Jack und Zeltkameraden,

I think the light olive color is very typical for most German tents and canvas items (Gebirgsjäger Rucksack, etc.) or a natural linen color would be the best choice overall.

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Thanks Patrick and I own that above tent!

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:36 am
by mauser98
Looks great, nice job. The tent poles look to be Italian. Please advise

mauser98

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:39 am
by Feldjager
Tent poles for that tent are original. They are sectional aluminium 3 for the main uprights, 2 at each corner.

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:57 pm
by sparky
hi jack
sorry to throw a spanner in the works over tent colours, just thought there must have been other colours as the tan would not have been very camouflaged in a lot of europe.
Im waiting on the zelt book coming then maybe that will cast some more light on the subject!!

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:48 pm
by Feldjager
No it doesn't I'm afraid (I have a copy). I've got a number (now 9) of original staff tents, dated from 1938 through to 1944 and they are all tan (not brown) of varying shades. The earlier ones have the Reichsheer camo scheme on them, but the later ones are a plain tan colour. Some people have alluded to them being made in gray and green, but any evidence to support this isn't forthcoming at present.

Re: Tent, the product of 2010! Well for Germans anyway!

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:01 pm
by sparky
9 tents!!!!! :shock:

Heres a link to a thread i started on waf a while ago. Someone has posted a tent which appears to have a window in the flap? also the camo is different to the reichswehr versions?

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... light=tent