Guide To Pack The Obr.36 Ranets

By Anton Gatenian

Original red army poster from the late 1930s
Since the ranets doesn't have a frame, all soft items should go to the bottom, so it pads your back from all of the gear inside. Items: 1 & 2 - cotton underwear. 3 - footwraps. 4 - waffle towel
All of your sustainment items for hygiene, food and equipment maintenance. Items: 1 - sewing kit. 2 - small hygiene bag. 3 - rifle cleaning kit. 4 - ration bags with tea, sugar and grain. 5 - large hygiene bag with toiletries and shoe brushes. 6 - white enamel mug

To fold the obr.38 plash palatka in order to fit the dimensions of the ranets, it must be folded in half twice, making it a square 1/4 of its original size. Then folded into 3rds twice.

This pocket in the flap of the ranets is for used underwear, so that it is seperate from the other contents of the pack and thus does not contaminate them. Some obr.36 ransti don't have this pocket.

How to fold the shinel for storage on the ranets. Shineli are year round items, they are used for sleeping during the summer months. The method to roll it up for the ranets is similar to the method to roll it around your body. The difference here is that the arms are folded in half, so the end of the cuff touches the shoulder, and the extra length of the coat should be folded so that it is in-line with the arms. 

For soldiers who are not issued the obr.36 kotelok, the standard method here for the obr.24 kotelok is to loop the handle through the top strap on the ranets.

The ends of the shinel should not go past the bottom of the ranets in order to look professional. For the same purpose, the seam of the skatka should be on the back of the ranets. The skatka should be rolled extremely tight and wrinkles should be avoided. (If not doing parade, feel free to ignore this block of text). Here the seam of the ranets is obvious. The straps should also be secured so that the excess is again facing the back of the ranets.

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