IPK

[PaganPrepper]

I'm sure many of our members who are ex-forces of a certain generation, will know the IPK! http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K ... nouabou-21 it's an amazing bit of kit and well worth the inclusion in your kit! a few modifications and you're set! I've just today modded one of mine to improve the strength of the guide line hole's I previously added, and added attached some pound shop foil blankets as an experiment to help reflect any heat back towards me.

I use this rather than a tent and with the supplied rods, some braches, leaves etc it can be a very nice alternative and much less weight than a tent and sleeping bag. Next time I get chance to spend some time in the woods, and if I think on! I'll snap a few pics of it in action!

other uses can be to collect water, making it into a kind of bathtub with a little digging, or field crafted frame, a tarp to cover kit and keep it dry / out of sight and an emergency dry sack.

anyway, just thought I'd share this and my mods with you all!

all the best PP.

[rik_uk3]

IPK's are OK at best, small, heavy and no eyelets so your better off with a dedicated tarp IMHO like the 3x3m DD tarp or even the humble army basha.

[Hamradioop]

Individual Protections Kits were designed to cover a a slit trench and give protection from nuclear fall out. I am told that if correctly set up a vehicle can be safely driven over it.

[rik_uk3]

Its an old design, the sheet itself is flawed...they are a bit of fun but not a real prep bit of equipment IMHO. If your strapped for cash then get one until you can upgrade to something better.