"It's all French to me"..........F2 tent, waterbottle, rationpack, rucksack, mess tins etc etc etc.

While The JGOFAB production team would have loved to have blown the budget with a Michael Palin style jaunt to our dear neighbour across the English Channel, its a bit of creative necessity that we can explore some Gallic military surplus kit in the delights of the Cotswolds instead. Under the gaze of The Dark Tower.

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

In my day we were also each issued with a baguette per day….. It is LAW in France that the people must have access to fresh bead daily - even in Sundays. I do have to say though, being in the field with the blokes all having a loaf sticking out of their sac a dos was odd to say the least. As for the tent… in early the 80’s in training we were issued a tent half so each pair of bînomes could make a tent. In my unit however, we were issued individual hooped bivvies- we did however have to make a sleeve for them out of a tent half so they still had the traditional look to them when attached to the pack.

[@rooftopcat1785]

The tent F-2 is a nice setup. a great atmosphere and area you chose to spend the night in. The army unit i was in didn't get tents in until after 2008. I would have surely bought this to use in the field , we didn't have the net in the early 80s - 90s. So i went with a wendel A Frame 20 bucks at that time. The weather off the Great Lakes is static, so i put that up under a grommet tarp for a few weeks to live in. I may just pick one up. Safe travels, happy trails.

[@christinetinnes6635]

Nice Video.👍LG aus Germany

[@justgoingout6824]

Christine, vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung

[@hansel498]

Hi from South Africa.Really enjoy your videos.I have the French bottle and mug.Would like to get the tent

[@justgoingout6824]

Greetings to SA; the tent is a good investment, and at only a KG and relativly cheap its something that will last..cheers

[@frogmaster83]

I really like my F2 tent, such a simple but great design. Would love one of the tent companies to start making them with modern materials, I think it would be a real winner.

[@deehenery4313]

I also like the f2 I like the space and simple set up just wish it was double skinned and a better hh rating 5000 hh would be nice like my Oex bobcat 👍

[@justgoingout6824]

@@deehenery4313 Like JB said a new pair of hands, with a bit of modern materials and double skinned to keep the Moisture to a minimum would be nice to see.

[@ColinMill1]

@@justgoingout6824 Just adding a lightweight tarp as a flysheet would do the trick and with a couple of pads of closed-cell foam to space the fly off the top of the tent there would be no need to lug around two more poles. A pity the flysheets from the old F1 tents are so thin on the ground.

[@NigeS4]

La coccinelle I believe 🐞🐞

[@justgoingout6824]

Top marks for your French Nige

[@zeamoz]

Thanks for saying what the tower is. I am sure I was not the only one wondering would you mention it.

[@ITZLxk3107]

Love it don’t you!

[@justgoingout6824]

Luke its in the blood. Try it and feel it.

[@waynehiggs6529]

Nice overnight camp,pity it was a bit moist when you got up. Very interesting those air vents because it had me stumped as to what it was, anyway thanks for sharing. Cheers from Australia

[@justgoingout6824]

Thanks Wayne. Fog and condensation proved a bit of a conumdrum. Nice tent to try out for a first go. Will deffo give it more runs out.