# Field desk

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[[File:Field Desk, Command Post Tent, Operation Double Eagle, 1966 (16949470180).jpg|thumb|Field desk in Vietnam, [Operation Double Eagle](/source/Operation_Double_Eagle), 1966]]
A '''field desk''' is a [portable desk](/source/portable_desk) which is meant to be used in rear areas near a battlefield and moved around rather frequently in difficult conditions.  It is in contrast to the [campaign desk](/source/campaign_desk), which is usually heavier and meant for areas further in the rear.

[[File:World War I field desk used by Tommy "TR" Matthews of T7 Ranch at Campbell County Rockpile Museum in Gillette, Wyoming.jpg|thumb|[World War I](/source/World_War_I) field desk]]
The field desk is both an antique and a modern [desk](/source/desk) form.  The antique form is usually made of fine woods and [brass](/source/brass) fittings.  The smaller versions can often be confused with the civilian [writing slope](/source/writing_slope).  This is quite understandable, because during the 18th and 19th centuries they were often used interchangeably.  There are a wide variety of antique field desks, ranging from small suitcase-sized ones to fairly big chests. The field desk was an officer's "office in a box." 

The most common modern field desk is made of resistant plastic composites and [steel](/source/steel) or [aluminium](/source/aluminium).  It is built to [NATO](/source/NATO) standards or to the standards of national armies.  There are several variants, but the most common one is a nearly cubic chest whose lid is removed to expose internal drawers and then reattached on the side to serve as a desktop.

==See also==
*[List of desk forms and types](/source/List_of_desk_forms_and_types)
*[Campaign furniture](/source/Campaign_furniture)
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Category:Desks
Category:Portable furniture

==References==
*Christopher Schwarz. "Field Desk". Campaign Furniture. Lost Art Press. 2014. Chapter 9. Pages [https://archive.org/details/campaignfurnitur0000schw/page/215/mode/1up 214] to 233. See also pages 28, 33, 159, 309, 310 and 314.
*Nicholas A Brawer. British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914. Harry N Abrams. 2001.
*"Company Field Desk". Company Administration. Special Regulations No 57. 1919. Section 10. Pages [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ty01AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA117 117] to 123.
*"Company Field Desks". Annual Reports of the War Department. 1906. [https://books.google.com/books?id=HhdQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA142 p 142]

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