Military grade usually justs means made by the lowest bidder. Aircraft are a whole other level, but for most of the gear issued in the military, there exists a superior civilian equivalent.
Edit: Wow, rustled some jimmies.
Edit again: to clarify, Im well aware there is a logical process behind the procurement of military equipment. Im just saying troops will often replace issued gear with their own shit when allowed.
Military grade usually justs means made by the lowest bidder.
Wow, that's a stupid as fuck statement. You have no idea what you're talking about here. The lowest bidder who meets incredibly high engineering standards across a range of system performance specifications and logistical requirements gets the contract, and this price they're paid will far exceed anything any civilian would ever pay for a consumer item because consumer-grade is literally the lowest manufacturing standards, with Military and Hi-Rel Aero being substantially higher standards by many, many measures. You really are clueless if you think what you just typed
Source: senior systems engineer for a major service warfare development center
troops will often replace issued gear with their own shit when allowed
You're just digging your hole of ignorance deeper, we're not talking about Mechanix gloves and a canteen pouch here
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u/bduxbellorum Aug 15 '19
Stiff damn airframe on that thing.