TM 10-8340-240-12&P
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MODULAR GENERAL PURPOSE TENT SYSTEM (MGPTS)
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OPERATIONS UNDER USUAL CONDITIONS
Do not connect more than 12 lights
together. Damage to electrical circuit may
result.
(5) Connect lights.
INSTALL VESTIBULE
When authorized, vestibule may be used as a passageway or blackout entryway. It may be
connected to an End or Mid Section doorway. Erect the vestibule as follows for all configurations.
a. Unroll vestibule adapter on tent door.
b. Locate and lay out guy ropes from vestibule.
c. Identify and spread out vestibule fabric.
d. Locate, lay out and assemble vestibule arch sections.
e. Identify ridge spindle grommet at one end of vestibule and vestibule adapter.
f.
Align vestibule spindle grommets with vestibule adapter spindle grommet.
g. Insert vestibule arch spindles in vestibule adapter and vestibule spindle grommets.
Secure ridge grommets with hitch clip pins.
Position hitch clip pins towards inside of
vestibule at vestibule doorframe. Vestibule
door fabric may tear if positioned towards
outside.
h.
Use hook and pile to attach the vestibule fabric to the adapter starting at the ridge and
working towards each eave. Secure adapter and vestibule using the tie tapes at all frame
locations.
i.
Install vestibule door and secure with ridge hitch clip pins.
j.
Extend arch and fabric.
k. Install two guy ropes under hitch clip pins on eave spindles of last vestibule arch.
