Fake and Repro

Recently, we found an early version of the Marine FSBE MBSS Vest in Best Tactical Duffle Bag with pouches. This version briefly showed up in the early 2000s. But after inspecting, we trust that there is a high possibility that the vest and pouches we found are fake. Our conclusion is based […]

Gung Ho brand commercial item. Looks like the well-known “RDF” combat uniform, but made with 5050 twill fabric. Maybe in Woodland, 6-color desert or Tiger Strap camouflage.

Flaw: No such contract number (PIID): SPM1C-07-B-1560 The manufacture of the zipper is SBS, a China zipper manufacture which has no factory in the US territory. The genuine one should be YKK. QC pass label sticker The name on the label “WOODLAND 3-DAY ASSAULT” is not the official nomenclature, more […]

Author: Beta-TNT (Webmaster) Two months ago, I posted a blog about Eagle Industries made MARPAT YOTE. In that blog, I stated some suspicious detail, like unusual buckles/zipper puller, misused NSN, and even the color (woodland MARPAT). Based on these suspicious fact, I drew the conclusion that it might be a […]

Suspicious points: It’s NSN on the size label was as same as woodland camouflage BDU and 8-Point Cover; The 8-point cover’s contract number “SPO100-98-C-9503” is usually appeared on Propper’s commercial production. According to the official papers, the experimental BDU of this kind was made in limited number, and most of […]

AOR1 JPC It’s the contract number on this label is blank, and it’s NSN shows 8470-01-631-4318. It not a valid NSN, but still, there is something fishy with it. The NIIN (NSN with no FSC code, it’s 01-631-4318 for this case) was assigned to a thing totally irrelevant: Filter Element, […]

Their NSNs don’t match the size. They are made from rig-stop, not twill  

FAKE:   REAL (Thanks Wei):

Camouflage Poncho Liner  

  “DLA100-94-C-8801”

ROK made Repro M1967 canteen cover Stamp just like origin   China made M1 helmet cover Stamp: “COVER, HELMET CAMOUFLAGE CONTRACT NO.8116 8465-261-6833 M&L WORKS” Phantom labeled repro M1956 M16 20rd mag pouch Repro M-1967 USMC Buttpack