tents as missle defence?

[richsc]

I was thinking of the logistics of building a century size marching camp, and thinking of the vulnerability of any marching camp wall, particularly to missles easily going over them. But I was thinking, a leather tent which was not tightly drawn would tend to absorb missle energy such as slingshot in an arc, and to an extent arrows. Are there any mentions of that in literature? Seems like the leather tents add to the defensive nature of the camp. Even the panels can be replaced in a modular fashion when torn up. <p>Legio XX<br>
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