tents as missle defence?

[Tasciavanous]

This might seem obvious but as far as I can tell the romans were the only people using tents as we would understand them. The Gauls and Britons seem to have made small huts (based on the ridiculously small amount of archaeological evidence). Therefore why use Leather? it's durable, easy and perhaps most important a logical development of the skin covered hut that has been in use since the neolithic period. I personally think that other considerations would be secondary. Also as an aside to the original point I know from personal experience that a Baker Rifle ball can be stopped but a blanket if the blanket is hung up with a fair bit of give so I wouldn't have thought leather is intrinsically more missile proof than a fabric. <p></p><i></i>