Origin: 2017, Moscow, Russian Federation.
State: Unissued / New.
Material: Nylon.
Volume: 15L.
Weight: 1,3kg.
Orginal Russian Army issued RD-54 Paratrooper Backpack (EMR)
Shovel pouch is included!
The backpack is designed to accommodate and carry combat gear that a paratrooper takes when landing behind enemy lines.
The backpack fits comfortably on the paratrooper both during the jump and in combat conditions after landing.
It consists of a knapsack, shoulder straps, a bag for machine gun magazines, a bag for hand grenades and a shovel case.
The knapsack is made of polyester and is used to accommodate cartridges, explosives, personal chemical protection equipment, food, a mess tin, canteens and toiletries.
It has the shape of a box, in the upper part of which there is a lid and three flaps: two side and one front. Pockets are sewn onto the side walls of the knapsack for storing hand-held grenade launchers, hand-held anti-tank grenades, explosives, cartridges and other combat loadout items. Inside the side pockets there are small pockets for storing detonators for hand-held grenade launchers.
To attach a roll of a greatcoat or a raincoat to the knapsack, tapes-ties are sewn onto the inside of the pockets, side walls and bottom of the knapsack; there are holes with blocks for pulling them through to the outside of the knapsack
. In the lower corners of the back wall of the knapsack, on the outside, corner tapes with curved buckles and carabiners are sewn on for fastening the knapsack to the shoulder straps.
To maintain the shape of the knapsack, a wire stiffening frame is sewn into the front wall of the knapsack on the inside, and stiffening plates are sewn into the lid. The flaps and lids of the knapsack are fastened with toggles.
The shoulder straps are made of cotton tape. They are designed to attach a knapsack and bags and to hold a waist belt on the paratrooper. The top of the shoulder straps is sewn to the knapsack, and bags are attached to the other ends: to the right - a bag for machine gun magazines, to the left - a bag for grenades.
For convenient placement on the shoulders and to protect the shoulders from chafing, the straps have two padded jackets, a chest crossbar and three curved buckles for adjusting the tension of the straps.
On the right shoulder strap, a pocket for a shovel handle is sewn to the padded jacket when adjusting the backpack to the jumping position.
These backpacks unlike most BTK or other army supplied/ made under army specifications have no visible stamps found.
But be assured they are genuine from RU army depot.
The weight of the backpack is 1.3 kg.
Dimensions when filled:
width - 380 mm;
height - 350 mm,
thickness - 130 mm.
