Military gear is Grade b as others have said. It's built for reliability.
Military != Best.
Military = built by the lowest bidder, designed for mass production, built primarily to be used in difficult conditions, by idiots.
Engineers stuff is a very long way from being military, in that it is one-off non-homogeneous stuff, where reliability and safety margins margins have been decreased, in order to prioritise performance over economy and reliability.
Military != Best.
Military = built by the lowest bidder, designed for mass production, built primarily to be used in difficult conditions, by idiots.
Engineers stuff is a very long way from being military, in that it is one-off non-homogeneous stuff, where reliability and safety margins margins have been decreased, in order to prioritise performance over economy and reliability.