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Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:25 am
by ak70g2
Will increase the military surplus market with various armies withdrawal from Afghanistan? I hope that prices will fall and I'll get some good gear at good prices for my collection. any throughts?
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:02 am
by Name_not_found
No, i dont think it will.
Its like a big machine, steadily consuming resources and creating supplies, all at a somewhat constant rate regardless of whats going on.
You may see a few extra individuals on ebay who have finished their tours, but not much more.
The surges come when something new is introduced and the old stuff is retired.
Like acu officially getting the boot, you will see plenty more of that for a while.
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:46 pm
by fdsman
Name_not_found wrote:No, i dont think it will.
Its like a big machine, steadily consuming resources and creating supplies, all at a somewhat constant rate regardless of whats going on.
You may see a few extra individuals on ebay who have finished their tours, but not much more.
The surges come when something new is introduced and the old stuff is retired.
Like acu officially getting the boot, you will see plenty more of that for a while.
I think we'll be seeing ACU for quite some time, no one wants it that knows anything about camo.
Some people buy it and try to dye it a different color but it never comes out right.
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:33 pm
by Name_not_found
Exactly Fdsman.
I will say if you dont care about the color acu's are fine hard wearing clothes
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:34 am
by ak70g2
I hope to get some of these for my collection, 'cos looks really cool:
http://kitup.military.com/2012/02/army- ... style.html
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:24 am
by fdsman
If you want that at surplus prices you're gonna have to wait about 20 years
From what I see, the Army really likes multicam since it's such an improvement over UCP.
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:08 pm
by Bypah
Name_not_found wrote:No, i dont think it will.
The surges come when something new is introduced and the old stuff is retired.
Like acu officially getting the boot, you will see plenty more of that for a while.
Also you're going to see a lot of USMC ILBE's around since the Corps are facing them out for a new rucksack.
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:37 pm
by sodjer
uk forces are now mtp(uk multicam)and the prices of dpm are dropping,i have a notion off buying a batch of dpm para smocks(they come in 20 bundles)and dry storing them,if denison smocks are any thing to go by they ll be valvable in the future,i bought a denison in the late 70 s for pennies and they are going for 500-700 dollars now
Re: Afghanistan withdrawal - surplus increase?
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:57 pm
by ak70g2
sodjer wrote:uk forces are now mtp(uk multicam)and the prices of dpm are dropping,i have a notion off buying a batch of dpm para smocks(they come in 20 bundles)and dry storing them,if denison smocks are any thing to go by they ll be valvable in the future,i bought a denison in the late 70 s for pennies and they are going for 500-700 dollars now
I've checked today the Ebay.co.uk and found an pair of MTP trousers with a beltloop brocken on sale with 0.99 ponds. I've asked a friend of mine who 's living in UK to put a bid for me. I hope to get them in a week.
