So, we cannot promise a restock once these are gone. These might have some insect repellent treatment that might be hazardous to cats! We do not know for sure but consider yourselves warned.Įven though it may first look like that there are plenty of these, the availability is quite poor. Most of these are in totally unissued condition, but we reserve the right to say that some examples may well be just slightly used. When you have wandered the realm long enough to wear off the water-repellent treatment, you can use fabric wax! to reproof it! Romanian army surplus The fabric seems even denser than on the Soviet equivalent. Made from very tightly woven and impregnated wind- and water-resistant cotton. Some are made of wood, some are plastic.< Material The shape, color, and material of the toggle buttons are also a bit different.

No other exciting details, the product is perfect.

Varying drawcords with a matte or shiny surface.Brass sail rings or fabric reinforcements in each corner.The shade is 'Swedish Army Dress Blue'.These have been made for a long time so the details can naturally vary.

You can stash something nice in them, perhaps a golden ring that you found in some cavern inside a mountain? Exciting details and differences When worn as a cape, you might notice that there are actual pockets (!!!) under the armholes on the inside. And if you button it up more tightly, you resemble more of a sad cone creature but you are better shielded from exciting weather phenomena. With the more open approach, you look like a heroic elf lord. Now you can button up the front as little or as much as you like. Then, fold the opposite corner inside and button it up (the buttonholes on the corner line up with the toggle buttons on the center of the tarp). The Plash is the king of capes! When it's used as a cape, one corner works as the hood - note the drawcords that you use to shape the hood and collar on your shoulder. This way the contents are quite protected from radioactive rain and other elements. In almost every use it's just a tad too small on its own, part of the rugged charm! You can also wrap it around your blanket, sleeping bag, or all your worldly possessions and tie the bundle on your backpack. This versatile age-old multi-blanket can be used as a groundsheet, shelter half, rain/camouflage cape, stretchers, or a top layer for sleeping bag/blanket. To add some confusion, the ordinary waterproofed cape with a similar name (plasch-nakidka, 'cape-overcoat') was issued at the same time, but these weren't intended to combine with each other.The Romanian Plash-Palatka is very similar to the Soviet original - now available in blue! These old-school shelter halves are getting rarer by the day, so get yours now before they are gone forever!

Russian Army has used Plasch-palatkas (literally 'cape-tents', designed to be used as both a part of a larger tent cover, or an individual weatherproof cape) since 1894, and the modern version, virtually unchanged since, was introduced in 1936, with the camo version being available since 1942. The first camouflage uniforms were the Second World War German paratrooper smock, based on their M1931 Splittermuster shelter-halves. The first printed camouflage for soldiers were the Italian Telo mimetico introduced in 1929 for their half-shelters. While the fabric is often simple olive drab, several nations use camouflaged fabric. Shelter-halves are usually designed to serve double duty as ponchos against the rain, or for the concealment of snipers. When time and space allow, some forms of half-shelters can be combined into a larger, more complex tent. The size and shape of each half shelter piece may vary from army to army, but are typically rectangular, triangular or lozenge shaped. Often, each soldier carries one shelter-half and half the poles, etc., and they pair off to erect a two-man tent. Shelter halves are a mainstay of most armies, and are known from the mid 19th century.

Plash palatka shelter