




Austrian Wool Mittens with Trigger Finger, 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: mittens with a trigger finger!
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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: mittens with a trigger finger!
Adding a trigger finger to ordinary mittens allows you to use the index finger not only for shooting but cycling and other outdoor activities as well. Civilian manufacturers make lobster gloves with a similar idea but these army versions separate just one finger for one obvious reason. (Picking your nose.) These are plain mittens that work especially well as a liner under a dedicated shell mitten but also on their own.
Pro tip: if your index finger gets cold and lonely, it's allowed to visit the other fingers for warmth. Once it's warm again, it'll be warm for a good while on its own.
Invented in the 1940s or earlier, this kind of mittens have been adopted by many countries' armed forces: The United States, Sweden, Finland, and Switzerland to name just a few we have sold over the years. This time, we have an Austrian version available and it delivers as expected.
The material is either 100% wool or 85% wool and 15% polyester. Machine wash cold with a wool program and we recommend doing it before use.
Size info
Made in three sizes: Gr. 1 is Small, Gr. 2 is Medium, and Gr. 3 is Large. The various sizes have a matching number of stripes knitted on the inside.
Condition
These have been used by the Austrian Bundesheer. The condition is good as you would expect from a liner glove worn by civilized users. The manufacturing dates vary from the '80s all the way to the 2000s.
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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