This element of the uniform has traditionally appeared.Russian military back in the 19th century - already in 1882 the cape was part of the equipment as a mandatory attribute. But the unit of that time was not much like modern light pieces of tarpaulin: wooden stakes and stands were attached to it, which the soldier had to wear under his overcoat along with a heavy and bulky tent rolled into a roller. And nevertheless, the military were ready for it - at last, in traveling conditions, their heads could not get wet in the rain. The idea of preserving the uniforms in a dry form was so liked by the authorities that already in 1910 the canvas triangle officially received the status of a soldier’s raincoat and was used during the reviews.
From the first years of the cape was produced in the colorsKhaki, masking the location of the soldier on a halt. The German soldiers of the era of the second world coloring the cape was two-sided - under "our" dirt and under the "native". It was possible to fasten among themselves four tents and to receive one big, high-grade for several people. That's just the only "but": from those very early years - that is, since 1910 no one bothered to change the design of the tent - so our brave guys wrap themselves in a short frail cape.
Modern cape and its alternatives
Today the raincoat-tent has a canvas size of 180cmand cords for tightening the hood and the cloak itself. It can be worn both behind the back and in the form of a cape, but the buttons are replaced with those wooden pegs. If the rate setters had allocated at least another 20cm for the length of the side of the tent, it is possible that the Russian soldiers would not have had to press their legs during the rest.
При помощи плащ-палатки военные чистят оружие, using it as a litter, and for shooting, including. Foliage is carried on it during harvesting, bunks are covered with it in camping shelters, etc. Thanks to its brilliant fame and versatility, the cloak-tent has gained popularity among military style imitators - there are those who prefer to take cover only on hikes.
How to make a tent with your own hands?
A section for those who are especially dedicated to tourism.It is possible to make housing from six chambers from a road bike, ordinary polyethylene and tarpaulin. Such inflatable tents are mounted not on heavy metal, but on heavy-duty rubber tubing.
Cutting 4 cameras approximately decimeter fromnipples, we get tubes of 120 cm each, in order to lengthen them, we take another 60 cm from the remaining chambers. It is necessary to glue the camera and seal the ends. Now we sheathe tarpaulin, attaching to the ends up to 5 cm in diameter at the ends. the nipples are left outside to pump air into the chambers.
We cut out a circle from a piece of tarpaulin and sew it tocovers - it will be the bottom of the tent and at the same time fastening racks. Everything, now we prepare an awning from polyethylene, we paste by "Moment" to racks and in addition we sew with a kapron thread. Such a tent weighs no more than 2 kg, and the installation process will not take more than 10 minutes.
