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I wonder if there is any military application of using Yurts-alike tents, considering them being more resilient to extreme weather yet easy to set up and take d

I wonder if there is any military application of using Yurts-alike tents, considering them being more resilient to extreme weather yet easy to set up and take down.

ent 3y ago
I'm not sure of other militaries but the Finnish army indeed uses very yurt-like tents, "puolijoukkueteltta"[0]. [0] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puolijoukkueteltta https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puolijoukkueteltta
- possiblelion 3y ago
  Yes, same tents in Sweden and Estonia as well. Mainly used in the winter, with a stove in the middle, which gives it rigidity.
Jolter 3y ago
Militaries in various countries already use simple canvas tents when in the field. I don’t see how switching to a similar-looking yurt setup would be an improvement.
- nicenewtemp84 3y ago
  Many militaries, including the US, use rectangular tents. Yurts are round. The entire point is the shape difference potentially being better for wind. This is why chatgpt is going to take over..
  - Jolter 3y ago
    I don’t know the first thing about the US army, but several others have this figured out already. I’m Swedish and our tents have been round for … well I don’t know how long.
    - nicenewtemp84 3y ago
      Are you proud you are ignorant about the miliatry operations of the world's most active military for the last 50+ years? You never saw a movie with a huge rectangular shape and thought "hey, that's different than ours here in Sweden? Let me jot that down, not everyone is like Sweden" ?
      - Jolter 3y ago
        My post was about how the assumption that a yurt would be an improvement over current technology makes some weird assumptions. Like, that current army tents are square. I don’t think it’s my responsibility to read up on how foreign armies operate in details like tent shape. Movies don’t generally dwell on such details. At least not the ones I watch. I don’t know what floats your boat — maybe there are movies about military logistics?
        nicenewtemp84 3y ago
        None about logistics, other than often showing the bases in basically every single one ever made.
em-bee 3y ago
german youth movement and scouting developed a tent system almost 100 years ago that allows to build yurt-like tents. it is modular so that with four sheets of a kind of triangular shaped canvas you can build a tipi like tent, and six triangular sheets plus 6 rectangular sheets build a yurt. multiple yurts can be connected to build even larger structures. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzzelte_der_deutschen_Jugendbewegung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzzelte_der_deutschen_Jug... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jurtenburg&iar=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jurtenburg&iar=images

I wonder if there is any military application of using Yurts-alike tents, considering them being more resilient to extreme weather yet easy to set up and take down.

ent 3y ago

I'm not sure of other militaries but the Finnish army indeed uses very yurt-like tents, "puolijoukkueteltta"[0]. [0] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puolijoukkueteltta https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puolijoukkueteltta

possiblelion 3y ago
Yes, same tents in Sweden and Estonia as well. Mainly used in the winter, with a stove in the middle, which gives it rigidity.

Jolter 3y ago

Militaries in various countries already use simple canvas tents when in the field. I don’t see how switching to a similar-looking yurt setup would be an improvement.

nicenewtemp84 3y ago
Many militaries, including the US, use rectangular tents. Yurts are round. The entire point is the shape difference potentially being better for wind. This is why chatgpt is going to take over..
- Jolter 3y ago
  I don’t know the first thing about the US army, but several others have this figured out already. I’m Swedish and our tents have been round for … well I don’t know how long.
  - nicenewtemp84 3y ago
    Are you proud you are ignorant about the miliatry operations of the world's most active military for the last 50+ years? You never saw a movie with a huge rectangular shape and thought "hey, that's different than ours here in Sweden? Let me jot that down, not everyone is like Sweden" ?
    - Jolter 3y ago
      My post was about how the assumption that a yurt would be an improvement over current technology makes some weird assumptions. Like, that current army tents are square. I don’t think it’s my responsibility to read up on how foreign armies operate in details like tent shape. Movies don’t generally dwell on such details. At least not the ones I watch. I don’t know what floats your boat — maybe there are movies about military logistics?
      - nicenewtemp84 3y ago
        None about logistics, other than often showing the bases in basically every single one ever made.

em-bee 3y ago

german youth movement and scouting developed a tent system almost 100 years ago that allows to build yurt-like tents. it is modular so that with four sheets of a kind of triangular shaped canvas you can build a tipi like tent, and six triangular sheets plus 6 rectangular sheets build a yurt. multiple yurts can be connected to build even larger structures. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzzelte_der_deutschen_Jugendbewegung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzzelte_der_deutschen_Jug... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jurtenburg&iar=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jurtenburg&iar=images