Shelter-half
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- Shelter-half also refers to the name of a Vietnam-era GI resistance coffeehouse. See The Shelter Half.
In UK and Australia, a shelter-half, also known as a "dog-tent" or "pup-tent", is a simple kind of tent designed to provide temporary shelter and/or concealment. Two sheets of canvas or a similar material (the halves) are fastened together with snaps, straps or buttons to form a larger surface. The shelter-half is then erected using poles, ropes, pegs, and whatever tools are on hand, forming an inverted V structure. Often, each soldier carries one shelter-half and half the poles, etc., and they pair off to erect a two-man tent.
Shelter-halfs are usually designed to serve double duty as ponchos against the rain, or for the concealment of snipers.
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