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The Swiss tend to make their gear with some pretty unique touches. This jacket is probably the best example of this trend - besides being a jacket, it acts as a combat load bearing system! To top it off, the camouflage is the legendary "Alpenflage".
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The Swiss tend to make their gear with some pretty unique touches. This jacket is probably the best example of this trend - besides being a jacket, it acts as a combat load bearing system! To top it off, the camouflage is the legendary "Alpenflage".
Note: The belt shown in the pictures is not included.
- A strong, heavy cotton parka
- A ridiculous amount of pockets
- Made in Switzerland! Vintage!
- That camo!
Overly practical Swiss design
The jacket has a ridiculous amount of field-proven features.
- Zipper & snap closure.
- Large, adjustable hood with a camouflage/insect net. The hood can be buttoned out of the way if necessary.
- Normal collar, can be folded up.
- Elastic hem band, can be removed if required.
- Reinforcements in the elbows.
- Zippered cuffs to ease rolling up the sleeves.
- Large belt loops and vents in the armpits.
- In the chest a snap hook for hanging the helmet.
- Metal attachment loops for the combat pack, inside two cloth straps that, when attached to the trousers, help balancing the load.
Pockets, hoo boy
The pockets are numerous and large. This jacket makes small day-packs virtually useless!
- Three magazine pouches in the front - two large ones and a smaller one.
- The large pouches are divided into two compartments. According to our tests, the pouches will take the following magazines (total number in the brackets):
- Stgw.57 (5)
- SG550 (5)
- 20- and 30-rnd. M16 magazines (8)
- G3, FAL, M14 (5)
- AK-74 (5)
- AK-47 (2)
- AUG (5)
- Two large hem pockets on the front
- Two large pockets and one huge pocket on the back.
- Sleeve pocket on the left sleeve.
- Inside a large hidden pocket ("poacher's pocket"), and a smaller zippered pocket.
- All pockets/pouches close with heavy duty snap fasteners.
The camo
The Alpenflage. Isn't it beautiful? Originally developed in the Third Reich but never got to use, the Swiss adopted it shortly after the war. It's nowadays replaced with something more brownish green, but the legendary status remains.
That's about it. If you don't like the camo, try dyeing the parka. Of course, we take no responsibilty for your escapades in this matter. However, we can say that the jacket is made mostly of cotton, which should take colour pretty well.
Sizing
Sizes given in the normal euro system. No different lengths, and the sleeves run pretty short. If you are tall (over 180 cm / 5' 11"), take one size bigger or roll up the sleeves.
Genuine Swiss army surplus
Used & serviceable. Going through these one by one would take a lifetime, so if you find some repairs or a sew loose seams, those won't count as defects.
Kierto Circular Economy
Return this product used but clean and unbroken, and you'll receive half of the product's original price as Varusteleka credits. Service is available only in Finland. Only Registered users can make Kierto returns. See more information about Kierto.
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jake w. 26.05.2017 Verified purchase
Mine came in good shape, minor repairs with some fading. The only bummer was that the camo face net had been torn out.
For the money though this is still an awesome deal.
As mentioned this is a heavy cotton jacket with that stored canvas smell.
Build and material quality is obviously tops. Even the snaps have brass rings in the female end.
I am especially impressed with how it carries weight. With all those pockets, I was imagining the coat being seriously awkward but its Swiss engineered, nothing else needed to say. I immediately loaded up the pockets with my Soloist mess kit, tarp/poncho, OR Basic bivy, Klymit sleep pad, light weight puffy jacket with plenty of room for more.
I like the high adjustable collar, coupled with the hood, the jacket provides great coverage to go in dense brush.
I plan on waxing with a bar of wax.
UPDATE!
Bought another in hopes of scoring one with the face net and got lucky. This latest buy is much newer condition with zero fade, however, the sleeves are just a bit short as in fitted short whereas with outdoor gear I much prefer longish sleeves but again this is nitpicking ,its still a killer deal. Having 2 I compared this with the other that the sleeves weren't bad and noticed it had been repaired with new sleeves from the top of the elbow reinforcement down so this repair lengthened the sleeves.
Lol, did try waxing but forget it. Unless you want to spend many hours and have a very heavy jacket skip it. I have used nearly 2/3rds of a Otter wax bar and still haven't fully treated just the hood. The cotton on this is just too thick. I now know that this treatment is best for very tightly woven cotton poly blends like G1000. Oh well.



Ard-Pieter Z. 15.11.2017 ⚠ Unverified purchase
it is heavier than any jacket that i have ever worn(yes even greatcoats and other quadruple layer winter parkas. you will probably not believe how insanely heavy it is untill you have it in your hands.
it is not particularly warm but is fitted so that you can wear multiple layers under it, probably like 5 layers or more.
the pockets are huge and handly but not like fancy new bags that open without any effort, they are pretty stiff and kind of akward to open and close (especially if you dont have the pockets fully filled up.
It will soak up water and become so damn heavy you will start hating yourself for even thinking this could by any stretch be a practical jacket. it also has no pockets on the inside which i found a bit odd.
the only real positives are novelty factor and the camo if you find it interesting.
i am still givingg it 4 stars because it is exactly what i ordered and the quality is amazing, the zipper alone is probably already worth 16 euros since its swiss made and way better than any modern zippers ive tried (even the swedish M/90 zippers) but as a practical piece its pretty useless



Kyle S. 04.12.2017 Verified purchase



Greg W. 10.12.2017 Verified purchase



Haakon W. 19.02.2018 Verified purchase



Erik Z. 21.02.2018 Verified purchase
+ Cheap
+ lots of pockets
+ Quality workmanship
- not weatherproof
- groin exposed to elements
- not warm
+/- alpenflage



Jack M. 27.02.2018 Verified purchase



Garrett A. 03.03.2018 Verified purchase



darryl b. 09.03.2018 Verified purchase


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