![]() The first camouflage uniforms were the Second World War German paratrooper smock, based on their M1931 Splittermuster shelter-halves. ![]() The first printed camouflage for soldiers were the Italian Telo mimetico introduced in 1929 for their half-shelters. While the fabric is often simple olive drab, several nations use camouflaged fabric. Shelter-halves are usually designed to serve double duty as ponchos against the rain, or for the concealment of snipers. When time and space allow, some forms of half-shelters can be combined into a larger, more complex tent. The size and shape of each half shelter piece may vary from army to army, but are typically rectangular, triangular or lozenge shaped. Often, each soldier carries one shelter-half and half the poles, etc., and they pair off to erect a two-man tent. Shelter halves are a mainstay of most armies, and are known from the mid 19th century. ![]() Small tents like these are often called pup tents in American English. The shelter-half is then erected using poles, ropes, pegs, and whatever tools are on hand, forming an inverted V structure. Two sheets of canvas or a similar material (the halves) are fastened together with snaps, straps or buttons to form a larger surface. Arlington State College ROTC students setting up pup tents during an exercise on campus, circa 1950sĪ shelter-half is a simple kind of partial tent designed to provide temporary shelter and concealment when combined with one or more sections.
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