Starfire Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Hi, I've picked up what has been described as a Centurion crew tent, but have no idea how they are set up - it's a rather odd shape and only came with 3 short poles. It looks like it might be some sort of lean to. Does anyone have any info on them and/or pictures of them set up? Cheers, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I don't know for sure, so some would say I should shut up but here goes. The AFV crew tents seem to be all cut from the same design cloth, in as much as they are a shed roof like design and the higher side gets tied off to the vehicle. The lower side has the small poles and from near their top a guy rope extends out to ground level and a peg. That is what I am familiar with from the CVR(T) tent. I think this thread may hold some info of value http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?39695-Chieftain-tank-crew-tent Does that help? Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11rjkg Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Commonly known as 'Tank bivvies'. Always used to smell of soil; oil; canvas and damp ! Don't know when they first came into service, but by the early '80's had Velcro fastenings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 If it's what we think it is, hold onto the shorter tent poles as they're the difficult to find bit! I'm reliably informed that a lot of Cent crews used to simply sleep on the rear engine plates by throwing a canvas over the gun. Probably quite warm if the engine had been running a lot The practice stopped with Chieftain as it had "uncomfortable knobbly bits". (technical term) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 It is marked (in marker) with 99-809-0414, which lead me to this thread: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?33350-I-have-been-donated-an-canvas-tarp-for-a-Centurian-tank-by-a-retired-Colonel_Value I gave it a good clean today (it was a bit mildewey and dirty) and will pick up some telescoping tent poles this week. Will see what I can do with it. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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