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I take a look at the Swedish military patrol tent 8. I pitch the tent in time-laps, then I light a fire in the tent stove and cook lunch in the tent stove pot on the tent stove m/76. After lunch I bake scones in the stove's cookware and cook coffee in a Trangia coffee pot. I show some tips, talk about the tent and the stove. I let this video get a little longer as there is not that much about the Patrol Tent 8 on KZbin.
The Swedish Army Patrol Tent 8 with tent stove m/76 (model year 1976) a piece of cold war history. It was relatively lightweight and was designed to be carried by reconnaissance and special forces. Therefore, there were no poles or tent pegs to the tent. These were manufactured in the field at the decoy base. The tent is only 150 cm/5 ft high, partly to save weight but above all to be able to hide it more easily in the terrain. When the patrol was close to the enemy lines, half the group lay in their foxholes while the other half got to rest. Using the tent's many fastening loops, it was possible to adjust the tent's volume as needed so that it kept the heat better and was easier to hide. The tent has an inner tent, but the inner tent was not described in the instructions. The inner tent wasn’t used during peacetime but was stored in the mobilization warehouses and only issued in case of war. The inner tent, which was a little secret, would reduce the tent's heat signature, which was important when operating close to the enemy lines. There is an antenna conduit in the canvas for the long antenna to the radio. So that the radio equipment could be inside the warm tent with the high antenna attached. In the tent stove there was a 2 liter/half gallon pot with a lid where the soldier could cook. The designated wood stove keeper was able to melt snow to fill his thermos with a hot drink for tomorrow's hazardous ventures. The stove's smoke pipe was also equipped with a spark arrestor to further reduce the risk of detection if the stove had to be used. Unlike other tent stoves, there was a special instruction for quick decampment/break camp while the stove was still hot.
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Swedish Army Patrol Tent 8
Tent canvas: 7.7 kg/16.97 lbs
Inner tent: 4.9 kg/10.8 lbs
Tent bag 0.3 kg/0.66 lbs
24 meters clothing line about 0.1 kg/0.33 lbs
Tent total: 12.9 kg/28.43 lbs
Stove: 6.4 kg/14.10 lbs
Tent with stove: 19.4 kg/42.76 lbs
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