Panamka
The Panamka (), also erroneously referred to as Panamanka by non-Russian speakers, was a common name for the standard tropical headgear of the Soviet Army. Officially, the M-38 Field Hat, the Panamka was introduced on 10 March 1938, for troops of the Red Army in the Central Asian, North Caucasian and Transcaucasian military districts and Crimea. It was nicknamed Panamka in reference to Panama hats, due to the vague physical resemblance between the two hats. The Panamka was popularized in Western imagery of the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War in the 1980s, where it was often worn with the Afghanka uniform as Afghanistan was known for its extreme hot daytime temperatures in the summer and its equally bitter cold nights in the winter months. Two versions of the Panamka existed: The original hat was developed to keep the rays of sunlight off the wearer's head and out of his eyes. It was made of heavy cotton cloth and featured a set of ventilation holes, a thin leather headband, a plastic chinstrap, and the enameled metal M22 Red Star badge, on a large sewn on red star, on the front. A second version appeared with the M88 Afghanka, and more