Early in the war, the Quartermaster Corps was asked to develop a jungle hammock to enable troops to sleep off the ground, avoiding dampness and insects. At the same time, there was a requirement for the hammock to be light and of minimum bulk.
The resulting design combined the functions of a bed, mosquito and sandfly netting and a waterproof tent fly. The whole unit formed a single piece of equipment that could be set up and stowed away rapidly. It provided a comfortable, insect-proof, tented bed wherever trees grew to support it and could also be pitched as an individual tent in treeless areas. This is the updated nylon version of the original design.
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