Tents for military use and providing protection against modern sight and IR-optical search methods
OwnerGunter Pusch, Alexander Hoffmanninventors
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Abstract
Tents with one or more walls for military use that provide protection against modern sight and IR-optical search methods, in which plastic-coated metallized cloth is used as a material for the tent walls and roofs. The outer side of the outermost tent wall is provided with known camouflage paints. The inner side of the outer cloth layer as well as the outsides and insides of the inner cloth layers are provided with only one color that is practically impervious to the infrared portion of the spectrum of about 3 to 20 .mu.m.
Claims8
A tent arrangement providing protection against sight-optical and IR-optical search methods the improvement consisting of the tent having a multiple wall construction with the walls comprised of outer and inner layers of a plastic coated metallized cloth, metallized on both sides and covered with a coating generally pervious to the infrared portion of the spectrum ranging from substantially 3 to 20 .mu.m, but not pervious in the visible range of the spectrum and having an air gap between said walls to enable laminer air flow therebetween said outer wall being provided on its outside surface with a camouflage paint.
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