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For suppliers of US Pup tents there are:

At the Front:

http://www.atthefront.com/

Go to US WW2 Field Gear, then Shelter Halves & Accessories.

Basically ATF sell two shelter halves for US$100 & postage. These are open ended on one side, so investing in an additional piece of canvas to close off the open end may be a good idea. Apparrently the open ended type was issued 1910 to 1942. ATF does not supply tent poles or ropes. This is what I have, good quality but needs waterproofing for serious downpours (as I discovered at Winchelsea last year).

Next is What Price Glory:

http://www.whatpriceglory.com/usgear.htm

WPG sell individual shelter halves for US$32 each. Again these are open ended on one side, and you are going to need two for a pup tent. On the up side WPG sells folding tent poles, ropes, wooden pegs & a tent peg bag. They also sell a comple pup tent & acessories for US$98 plus postage. Don't know about quality of this stuff, but WPG has a good reputation.

Next comes Soldier of Fortune:

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/reenactors/index.asp

SOF offer shelter halves as well. SOF sell two shelter halves with metal pegs & poles for 29.99 UK Pounds plus postage. They also sell the wooden poles seperately for 15 UK Pounds each plus postage. Again, not sure what the quality is like, but SOF has a good reputation. The big killer here is buying in UK Pounds, which gets expensive quickly.

Hope this helps.

Below is a photos of allied pup tents at Winchelsea 2007. Mine is the one with muslin draped over the (open) end. This helped keep my farby sleeping gear out of sight!

Just a note further to this issue. The shelter half I got from What Price Glory was definately inferior to the ones I got from At the Front. Also the ink in the "U.S." on the WPG shelter half ran when it rained. I recommend ATF over WPG for quality.