Inexpensive military surplus gear

[wolverine_173]

I recently picked up some Military Surplus gear that I am really impressed with and its fairly inexpensive so I thought I would share.

USMC

German Flectarn Parka

Austrian Parka

 

[V-Tach]

Might need that in North Texas...have no need for that gear in South Texas....

Looks like quality stuff though...

 

[shortround]

Military gear is heavy, obsolete by the time it hits the front line units, and usually unsuitable for the environment it is sent to.

That is why it becomes surplus.

 

[breakingcontact]

Military gear is heavy, obsolete by the time it hits the front line units, and usually unsuitable for the environment it is sent to.

That is why it becomes surplus.

Ummm....youre exaggerating just a bit.

 

[majormadmax]

Ummm....youre exaggerating just a bit.

And this surprises you?

 

[breakingcontact]

And this surprises you?

We need a tag on our posts where we can indicate how strongly we mean something. 1-10. Yes much military surplus is not as good as something us civilians have access to, but obsolete?

Intent level: 8

 

[kirk10100]

Cool website. I've never heard of them but they seem to have cool stuff at reasonable prices. I am always buying surplus gear since it is low price and works just great. Thanks

 

[wolverine_173]

Cool website. I've never heard of them but they seem to have cool stuff at reasonable prices. I am always buying surplus gear since it is low price and works just great. Thanks

yeah, I never bought it til now because all the good prices are online but I never know what size to get. I usually wear a large but the foreign military surplus seems to be small so XL works best for me.

I did the video to see if i could help others determine a good size to order so they dont waste money

 

[TheDan]

Military gear is heavy, obsolete by the time it hits the front line units, and usually unsuitable for the environment it is sent to.

That is why it becomes surplus.

Sometimes, not always. I have a couple of those German gortex (or whatever their equivalent is) parka shells. Got them for $35 each. Good luck getting a gortex shell for cheaper. They are definitely not obsolete. Also got a killer good deal on some of the current boots the Marines use. Waaaaay better than the standard combat boots that I'm used to, and a lot cheaper than anything of similar quality at a sporting goods store. They were really factory seconds tho, not true surplus.

 

[Younggun]

Great, marine seconds are better that standard issue for the other branches.

Spoilt little...<grumbling>






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[wolverine_173]

I use the flecktarn parka for many of my hunts and will use the austrian parka for cold weather hunting or keep in the trunk of my car for winter.

the reason i made the videos is because its hard to know what size you need to order. So I hope it helps

 

[wolverine_173]

link working again

 

[40Arpent]

All I see are youtube links. Is there a link to the website where this gear was purchased?

 

[wolverine_173]

swisslink.com