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2. Bivouac shelter - Wikipedia

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   Rock climber Chuck Pratt bivouacking during the first ascent of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley in September 1961.. A bivouac shelter or bivvy (alternately bivy, bivi, bivvi) is any of a variety of improvised camp site or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers or people engaged in backpacking, bikepacking, scouting or mountain climbing. [1]

3. Basha (tarpaulin) - Wikipedia

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   The word 'basha' is an Assamese word meaning a 'hut' but this term was adopted more generally for a makeshift temporary shelter by the British military. [2] [3] The Assamese word refers to a range of naturally fabricated shelters made of bamboo and palm materials, but it most probably first entered British Army vocabulary to mean a temporary shelter by Chindits operating behind enemy lines in ...

4. Tent - Wikipedia

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   Wild camping with a dome tent in Sierra Nevada National Park Flexible poles used for tents in this section are typically between 3 and 6 metres (9.8 and 19.7 ft) long. Cheap poles are made of tubes of fibreglass with an external diameter less than 1 cm ( 1 ⁄ 3 in), whereas more expensive aluminium alloys are the material of choice for added ...

5. Military camp - Wikipedia

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   Camp of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy during World War II, 1945. A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent military base, for the lodging of an army.Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large campsites.

6. Bender tent - Wikipedia

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   The dome is then covered using any tarpaulin available. These tents can be heated during the winter using a woodburning stove, and they are easily capable of withstanding very strong winds so long as the covers are well weighed down. [1] A doctor examining an English Traveller girl in a bender tent (Swain after W. Small, 1898.)

7. Force Provider - Wikipedia

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   Force Provider is a deployable bare base support system developed by the United States Army to provide rest and relief facilities for soldiers. Each containerized package provides air conditioned/heated billeting, dining, laundry, latrine and recreational facilities for a battalion-sized force of up to 550 soldiers and the 50 personnel required to operate it. [1]