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[Rhscott]

When was the transition from the round wooden tent pins to the aluminum ones? Have the short aluminum ones always been orange? My guess is the transition happened sometime in the 1960s but does someone know?

[phantomfixer]

I am not sure when the transition occurred

 

there was a post on the TM concerning the orange stakes...stating the stakes were to be orange for visibility, unless in the field, then they were to be green...That was a quote taken from the TM...from a thread on the forum awhile ago...made me chuckle

 

not my quote... and maybe I am not quoting it correctly,,call it a summation

[phantomfixer]

here is a thread that will help explain the metal stakes

http://www.usmilitar...lf-tent-stakes/

 

looks like 1949 for the T shaped orange/green stakes

Edited by phantomfixer, 07 October 2018 - 09:23 AM.