Czechoslovakian OPCH 70 Rubber NBC Coverall, Surplus

The first thought crossing your mind when you open this satchel should be “keep away from children”. This set includes a bunch of plastic bags, which contain something even more dangerous – proper Eastern Bloc gear to really perfect your rubber suit experience. One-off lot!

Czechoslovakia circa 1975

This green coverall is donned by entering it through the front of the torso, via a tubular thing resembling some sort of sci-fi movie queen monster’s birthing canal. This happens after you have put on a hooded, brown mid layer coverall, model “Tarkovsky”. And this happens after you have put on a white base layer two-part cotton suit. The coverall leaves your face and hands bare; they are to be covered with rubber gloves and a gas mask. This set includes a few pairs of said gloves, but they are not in operable condition.

• Various straps to adjust the coverall contour
• Integrated and reinforced boots
• Satchel contents:
• Green rubber coverall with some talcum powder lubrication
• Brown, hooded mid layer coverall, perhaps cotton or a blend
• White base layer two-part cotton suit
• Knitted liner gloves
• A few pairs of rubber gloves, which have dried and cracked, but are still somehow moist with some black ooze of Eastern Bloc history
• Patching set with cotton swabs and rubber adhesive patches, and a handful of rubber ampoules which contain some petroleum product to be used in cleaning the damaged spot before applying a patch over it
• Rubber mag pouch for AK type magazines
• Rubber bayonet holder

Protection level

A smart customer already has an idea of the protection level of this old and obsolete coverall when used in situations where actual protection is needed – but let’s say this anyway: This coverall was manufactured during the same time the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was, and according to the same standards and values.

Material

The coverall is rubber, and the mid layer coverall is probably cotton or a blend. The white base layer suit seems to be cotton, too. The rubber gloves are something that has not endured the test of time and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.

Czechoslovakian Surplus

This coverall set is unused surplus from a country that is no more.