US Army Survival Handbook--Learning to Survive (1)

Chapter 8 Safe places

A shelter can protect you from sun exposure and from wind and rain. It can prevent you from infesting insects, avoid heat and cold, and avoid enemy searches. Being sheltered can also give you a sense of security and help you maintain your will to live.

In some areas, finding shelter may be more important than finding food, even more important than finding water. For example, prolonged exposure to cold weather may result in extreme fatigue and weakness (exhaustion), while extremely weak people may Have a negative attitude and be pessimistic about the prospects. In order to avoid pessimism caused by prolonged exposure to cold, you must have a suitable place to avoid, so the importance of shelter is more than other needs.

Shelter

When you are in an unfamiliar environment, you should start looking for a shelter at least 2 hours before the sunrise. When looking for something, think about what you need. The following are the necessary conditions for shelters:

● There must be materials for making shelter.

● Must be large enough and flat enough to let you lie down comfortably.

However, while considering these necessary conditions, you cannot ignore your combat situation or security. You must also consider whether the hiding place has the following conditions:

● Covert enough to escape the enemy's search.

● There are hidden escape routes.

● If necessary, hide locations to be able to signal.

● Can provide protection without the danger of wildlife, rolling rocks, or dead trees that may fall down.

● No insects or other pests.

You must also pay attention to the following issues that may occur in your environment, such as:

● If you are at the foot of a mountain, avoid areas where flash floods occur.

● If you are in a mountainous area, avoid the area where the rock falls.

● If you are near water, avoid areas below the highest water mark.

In some areas, seasonal factors are considered when choosing a hiding place. The ideal shelter is different from winter and summer. In the cold winter, you choose not only to shield the cold and the cold but also to have a source of fuel and water. In the summer of the same area, there should be water sources near the shelters, and places where insects breed in large numbers should be avoided as much as possible.

Type of shelter

As mentioned above, when you are looking for shelter, consider the type you need, but you also need to consider other factors:

● How much time and effort do you need to build a shelter?

● Is shelter to protect you from the following factors (rain, snow, wind, sun, etc.)?

● Do you have a tool to build a shelter? If not, can you make temporary productions locally?

● Do you have artificial materials needed to build a shelter? If not, is the area's natural materials enough?

However, to answer these questions, you must know how to make different types of shelters and what materials you need to build them.

Poncho single slope shelter. It takes only a short time and very little equipment to build this shelter (see Figure 8-1). You need a poncho, a rope 6 to 10 feet (1.8 to 3 meters), three wooden pegs about 6 inches (15 centimeters) long, and two about 7 to 9 feet (2 to 2.7 meters) apart Trees (or two poles).

Before you select the desired tree (or choose where to place the pole), check the wind direction and make sure that the back of the shelter is facing the wind.

Construction steps are as follows - (serials omitted)

If you plan to stay in shelters for more than one night, or if you think it will rain, then add a central support to avoiding yourself. Pull a rope between two trees or two poles. The height of the rope is the same as the middle of the poncho. Attach a rope to the poncho hat, pull the rope up, lift the middle of the poncho up, and tie the rope tightly to the rope that was previously pulled between the two trees.

There is another way to cut a stick and put it under the middle of the poncho, but this method will limit your space and activities.

To better prevent wind and rain, put some branches, shrubs, etc. on both sides of the poncho, or put your backpack or other equipment on both sides.

To reduce heat loss from the ground, some insulating materials such as leaves, needles, etc. can be laid on the ground.

Note: At rest, 80% of body heat is absorbed by the surface.

If you want to increase concealment and are not easily perceived by the enemy, you can make two corrections to reduce the height of the side of the shelter: adjust the height of the support line tied to the tree to knee-high instead of waist-to-waist and put both knees together. The stick passes through the middle buttonhole on both sides of the poncho. Pull the poncho upside down and pull it to the ground. Use a sharpened stick to fasten the poncho to the ground.

Poncho tents. This type of tent (Figure 8-2) is relatively low and protected on both sides. However, compared with the single slope shelter, this type of tent can be used in a smaller area, and the line of sight is not wide enough, which will affect your reaction to enemy reconnaissance.

To take this kind of tent, you need a poncho, two 5 to 8 foot (1.5 to 2.5 meters) long ropes, six sharpened sticks about 6 inches (15 centimeters) long, and two spaced about 7 to 9 inches apart. Feet (2 to 2.7 meters) of trees.

Construction steps are as follows - (serials omitted)

If it is raining, you need a middle support. You can tie a rope in the poncho hat and tie the other end of the rope to a branch above the shelter to make the rope tight. Another type of central support is an external A-frame that sits above the tent (see Figure 8-3). Find two long sticks of 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 meters). One of the sticks should have a fork at one end. Use these two sticks to make an A-frame. Attach the pull on the cap to the A frame so that the middle of the tent is supported.

Parachute shelter. If you have a parachute and three poles (and your fighting situation allows), you can make a parachute tent. This type of tent is easy to do, takes a short time, can provide protection from all kinds of injuries in the natural world, and can also be used as a signaling device because it can enhance the light emitted by fire or candles, and this kind of The tent is large enough to be used by several people. It can sleep, cook, and store firewood.

To make this type of tent (Figure 8-4), you can use either the main parachute or the back umbrella part umbrella cover or the entire umbrella cover. If you are using a standard parachute, you also need three 10 to 15 foot (3 to 4.5 meters) long rods about 2 inches (5 centimeters) in diameter.

The steps to build the tent are as follows-(Serial)

If you plan to fire in a tent, you must leave a 12-inch to 20-inch (30-50 cm) opening at the top of the tent for ventilation.

There is another way of constructing a parachute tent. This method requires a long pole and a solid tree with 14 parachute parachutes. Attach the top of the parachute to a pole about 20 feet (6 meters) long and draw a circle about 12 feet (3.6 meters) in circumference under a tree with a tree trunk. Tie the pole to the tree trunk and fix the parachute housing on the circle with wooden stakes.

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