

Mk1rceme wrote:I had these in my sell pile....so I guess I should hang onto them for a while then. The guy I got them from said I would probably never see a set of them again...up here in canuckleland at least.
CollectinSteve wrote:I doubt they were intended for US forces because a) they aren't made in the US and b) the stock number shows it to be UK. If the Brits did make it for an emergency US contract there would be US stock numbers because otherwise it would run into problems in the supply system. At least that's how I understand it.
If they were contract pieces for another country, I don't know why they would have NATO designations. I'll take a look at my Iraqi contract set when I have a chance, but I don't think there are NATO codes on it.
My *guess* is that the Brits ran shy of NBC material and got a bunch from the US because it was quicker. But the war ended before the contract was fulfilled and therefore the stuff was tossed into a warehouse or perhaps surplussed off to Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.
Steve
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