





Austrian Rifleman's Mittens, Surplus
When it comes to protecting your fingers from the cold, mittens are hard to beat because having all the fingers in one compartment is a more effective and lightweight solution. But mittens are also called No-Can-Doos because the most delicate tools you can use while wearing them are a PKM and a shovel. Here's the solution: a secret opening in the palm!
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When it comes to protecting your fingers from the cold, mittens are hard to beat because having all the fingers in one compartment is a more effective and lightweight solution. But mittens are also called No-Can-Doos because the most delicate tools you can use while wearing them are a PKM and a shovel. Here's the solution: a secret opening in the palm!
The idea of adding a slit to the palm of a mitten is not new and commonly seen e.g. in maritime use by fishermen or in winter use by hunters. These Austrian ones differ in that they were made for right-handed users. They are shell mittens you can use on their own or with a liner. Ordinary wool gloves or dedicated wool mittens with a trigger finger are good choices.
You can flick just the index finger out of the right mitten to keep your fingers as protected as possible, or fold the whole front of the glove back and secure it with a snap fastener. The left mitten is enclosed all the time. The wrists have adjustable straps with steel buckles and sometimes a hanging string is included as well.
Size info
The Austrian system has three sizes. Only the available sizes are shown.
Material
The mitten is made of a wool frieze and it works a lot like a softshell offering some protection from the weather with good breathability. The palm side has reinforcements.
Main material: 88% Wool, 12% Polyamide. Reinforcements: 100% Cotton.
Condition
These have been used by the Austrian Bundesheer. The condition is actually pretty good, maybe they skipped some combat exercises when it was cold outside? Then again, their standard service rifle has a huge trigger guard so they probably just used regular mittens. The manufacturing dates are mostly in the '80s.
Austrian surplus
Functional, neutral, clean. That's what the Austrian Bundesheer gear is made of. Our Austrian surplus revolves mostly around the Anzug 75 and Anzug 03 clothing systems, but who knows, maybe the "Tarnanzug Neu" will make it's appearance if the Austrians decide to clear the stocks in the future. Get your OD gear while the stocks last.
After the Second World War the Austrian soldier looked like a weird mixture of Allies and Germans; the M1 style helmet and general profile really tried to bring that NATO vibe up, but a lot of the gear and even the dotted camouflage pattern looked surprisingly much like WW2 German issue. In the 70s they took a major leap towards NATO with the introduction of the all-green Anzug 75 clothing and equipment system closely inspired by the American equivalents, finally letting go of the "old stuff". The Anzug 03 brought the game up to date with some changes in effort to modernize the whole thing. Now the Bundesheer is again moving over to camouflage.
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Clayton C. 27.01.2023 Verified purchase



Olli S. 30.01.2023 Verified purchase
Omaa 1984 vuoden kintaita on jonkin verran käytetty, mikä lähinnä näkyy harmaassa puuvillassa ja kämmen aukon venymisenä vienoon hymyyn.
Gr. 2 koon kinnas menee viellä isohkoon lapioon ja alle mahtuu ohkaset sormikkaat.
Varastokuivaa tavaraa voi kostuttaa ja tuulettaa heittämällä kintaat kostean hangen päälle, hyvin toimii.


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