Mylle's Austrian Stuff

I suspect some of the parkas got shortened for use by reservists and OPFOR after they ceased being used by the regular Bundesheer.

Steve

Youre right. Reservists used it till the late 90ies and of course its used  today
for OPFOR, some snipers use it too.


http://www.bundesheer.at/archiv/a2004/2610/vollbild/heldenplatz_2510_07.jpg

http://www.bundesheer.at/sk/portraets/galerie/vollbild/hasikic3.jpg

Great links Alex!!!  in the first one is that sniper wearing an M59 Panzerjakie with a fixed hood over the m43 style unofficial cap.. with cockade  !!!!
also I see a zip on the spotter's KAZ!!!!

Not really my focus but still interesting. White fieldbelt used by MP and military music corps:

Neat belt - are there any white accessories that go with it? Holster?

Yes there is for example a holster for the Glock and some shoulder strap and a white bag for the musicians.

Here's my White leather Musicians bag.. for the sheet music "cards"..
this one is the early type HBA dated 1967 made by Stolla Wien...

That is not something you see everyday...

Well, I know a few guys who painted them black......

I got issued some black ones. Never needed them so far. Hope it will stay like that.

Wolverine wrote:That is not something you see everyday...

Depends on where you live

Dealing with Austrian stuff 5 days a week, it mostly bores the hell outta me.

But the next few years should bring nice new stuff We'll see...

Just found a nice super mint medic canteen carrier with strap.

I missed the white belt and accessories posts until now. Awesome I have some BW and DDR white stuff. Painting them black would make me sad!

Nice find with the medic's canteen. I know they aren't that easy to find.

Steve

Just found this unusal custom tailored vest, parts are made from a sleeping bag.
I have no idea for what purpose it was ment....











It is well made and no quick sloppy work.

Also got these gaiters. The frontside nearly looks like its made of some kind of reflecting
material....If someone is interested in a pair, I have some left which I'm selling for a friend.

WOW COOL Austrian stuff Alex!! would the Vest be used for pioneer troops perhaps??..
I have seen photos of Austrian soldiers disembarking from a fast attack boat..that seem to be wearing an odd looking vest!!!???

and I please count me in for a set of those weird and wonderful gaiters traffic control perhaps!!???!!

I was also thinking about some pioneer vest..Or somthing similar.. Swimming vest?
Your pair of gaiters is of course already set aside.

Thanks Alex!!!!
would the pockets hold some form of floatation devices??
or are they only on the front......

if that's the case.....an armoured troops compact battle vest with pouches for SMG mags!!????
a cool thing for sure!!...now what could I offer you for trade!!????..oh was I typing out loud again!!???

Hmmm, maybe the pockets are for floatation devices. That's an option. They are also on the backside.
SMG mags are too short, the pockets are way too long. I would take your Munga for the vest.
What do you think?

sure.. you pay the postage!!!!??? don't think they make stamps big enough!!
mmmm equal 5 pockets front and rear.... floatation devices would work then!! as buoyancy is equalised...

That is an interesting vest for sure! Looks like someone had a very specific need and had the money to pay someone to satisfy it. I can't think of anything that this thing could be useful for, especially because the cells are on both sides. I don't think it's for flotation because why would they have a thermal padded interior? That would seem to work against floating. But hell if I know what it could be, so that's as good a guess as any

The reflective gaiters are similar to ones I have from Switzerland. My understanding was the Swiss ones were designed for bicycle troops. Safety procedure for night road marches.

Steve

Maybe I will get some infos about the purpose of this vest in the futre. Maybe its just a tactical
sausage carrying vest for chairborne troops.
Strange piece but very interesting.

Just found this early Austrian canteen bottle, very similar to the early West German ones in OD.

That is a very nice canteen set. I have the similar Bundeswehr and South African versions. The manufacturer of your canteen also made M1 type helmets for several armies.

Finally I found an even better example of this weird canteen bottle in nearly mint condition.
Interesting that they made it until 1969!

The design is like the german variant pretty unique. But not practical IMHO. They even wrote :,, Take off cover before heating,, on the plastic cover because Soldiers put the whole thing over open fire. You can imagine what happened. The later model of the canteen bottle was/is far superior. I have one which is date 1970 btw.
Also the free handles on the backside must have been stupid during fielduse. Could have caught on things etc.