Adam Savage Explores a Military Surplus Store 

A 3-gallon bucket

Utility belt I used for robin

A really odd WW2 US gasmask.

Mickey Mouse Gas Mask

I’ve never even seen a surplus store. I don’t know if there are any in my area, I’ve never really looked.

SnowHawk7 yeah i went to one down in sacramento and found an authentic vietnam war us helemet cover that has been used in combat

ya i went to one and found osama bin laden hiding it was weird

That sounds awesome, I want one

DopeBass lmfao

tom dean "one thousands"

Yes! I second this notion.

I third this notion :D give us the full footage. No one will complain for the length of it.

McJaews I fourth this notion!

McJaews I fifth this notion. They should also give us a video of the tank moving around

McJaews im all for this

rubberized tracks are only required for driving on pavement. Off-road you're good with the steel tracks.

Noodles818 you can own them in Germany and England too if you have the permit

Noodles818 if you have a destructive devices license you can have a tank with a functional main gun

Normally they cut holes in the armor, not sure if that can be bypassed with a license or not. Also the legality of driving them on the road (in America) would probably be very dependent on the width, tonnage, and speed of the tank as well as the type of roads.

Robert Mackrell i.e. a decent amount of paperwork. Getting approval from the chief of police in your area and probably about a year long wait.

I guess you could say that's the new... Norm? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

HipposHateWater I'm going to like your comment because it was clever. but I want you to know that it has traumatized me forever

The other fucker sure talked a lot.

there's s great one in Galveston. size of a warehouse and full of gear from ww1 onward.

There is only one in my area and that one works for only 3 hours...

thatgiant they're also that kind of store. for the most part. most of the tac gesr is overpriced as usual, but they carry more than just condor. always bought my boots from them, great knife selection that wasn't a rip off, flaslights, the whole shebang. not to mention surplus that was cheap as hell. got myself a ww2 arctic mask that would absolutely scare the shit out of anyone, and it was warm as hell and I could fit my sunglass on with it.

condor isnt that bad.... has its issues but isnt bad

Hey condor is actually pretty good product for the price.

I could have watched him just walk around putting on things and acting like a military man scaring people.

EctoSage especially because that store really has an awesome collection or surplus. they literally have everything from ww2 to now. bought alot of canping gesr there over the years. also have a pretty decent display, lots of deactivated guns and bombs, motorcycle, jeep. really cool store.

EctoSage get a life dude

Anas saleh Except this is his life, looking at this type of wonderfully creative stuff and possibly, what we don’t know, possibly doing this type of creative stuff, grabbing old and cool items and materials and making his own stuff out of it. I myself would love to have one of the these around for those old navy or air force jackets and such like my father had when he was in the Navy, except he died and the military had taken all of his job stuff like his laptop and uniform and what not.

Much better that way.

leave norm alone he cool

Did you know, that on one of Penn's movies, Adam Savage did the consulting on driving a tank through his house? :) true story

I wish that were the case more often

phototristan v

not to forget, flamethrowers are flat-out _legal_ to carry! D: www.cracked.com/article_17016_7-items-you-wont-believe-are-actually-legal.html

any tank is allowed to move on roads with rubberized pads (the one they are standing on has them) so if this tank has all the lights working they could drive it away. Limitations in this case would be to the driving license i would think (obviously you can't drive this thing with drivers license for a family sedan... at least it should be that way, but hey, it's America... everything is possible there...).

that's why I love this country. it truly is the land of opportunity!!!

I wonder what the reactions would be by the people he's driving near...

Clips wouldn't fit in a pocket for magazines

GR reviews Depends on the clip, Garand clips won’t fit but SKS clips will sure as hell fit

spijkerpoes Probably that it was called ‘gaff’ headwear and that sounds very english.

Jacob Aguilar dude me too!!!

Ah me too bruv. I go there all the time and even wear military jackets everywhere lol

Tom Styczynski Who cares?

people who actually know something about firearms

Tom Styczynski Well shit. He made a common mistakes that a lot of people make. Better facepalm.

just because a lot of people do it doesn't mean it's right

who's acting like a twat, other than you? Adam himself likes to be corrected when he says something wrong, as do I. What's wrong with that?

TheCaptain008 *WWI

It was only used for a short time because radar made the disruptive paint pattern useless

nah how about Camp Pendleton.

>horribly low grade vest

xAn0THerxnUMberx1 Maybe, but society will never learn the difference if it's never corrected The same reason "There", "Their" and "They're" must be corrected when incorrectly used, before the american youth use them interchangeably

***** I also rolled my eyes when he said, "clips". It's one of my biggest pet peeves.

Haseeebo M1 garand( enbloc clip), Mosin nagant, enfield, Springfield, mauser and even the Egyptian hakim use charger clips. No they didn't use them interchangeably because clips were just speed loaders holding more than one round of ammunition and they were used to load the magazine of the weapon. It's like them saying pass me a speed loader so I can load my speed loader.

***** Check out the Mannlicher model 1900 or the Roth-Steyr model 1907 as well

He wasn't able to talk due to there not being enough microphones. So if he talked it would just sound weird.

*glockazine

600 round assault glockazine

TheLegend27 holy shit this made my night

negative it was made for clips c:

@@Ethorbit Nope

Not all guns. If the gun has an internal magazine (m1 Garand, Carcano, and most bolt action guns) it is fed with a clip

animalmother556x45 But the clip does not go into the gun, which was my point. The clip is only there for storage and quick loading. There are zero guns that incorporate clips that have the clips go inside the gun.

+Christian's Channel .....I just listed two of them....the M1 Garand and Carcano....the clip goes into the magazine and stays there until all ammo is fire. the M1 kicks it out the top, and Carcano drops it out the bottom.

+Christian's Channel There are numerous others....mostly "older" stuff in comparison. Late 1800s

animalmother556x45 Ok, you're right. Nonetheless, they are two different things. They function differently, and they shouldn't be confused.

They're probably so big in LA like this because they supply many of the props you see in movies.

Same in Sweden, we used to have "Överskottsbolaget" that sold surplus from the Swedish military but then in the mid to late 1990's it just stopped doing it. And now we dont have military surplus stores. Kind of sad because there is a ton of stuff that is really cool for camping, like the old 12 person tent with a cast iron stove in a yurt like configuration...

Vet det er en i Oslo på akershus, den tror jeg skal være ganske bra. Men beste er vel å dra på forsvaret sine egne utsalg, men det har ikke vært noe i nærheten på lenge...

stabnshoot Hey, thanks, pretty cool site and just in the neighboring country =D

+Frederik Olsen Or concealed if you have a permit. If you paint it in tactical scary black it will be invisible.

+Frederik Olsen The guns are rendered unable to fire.

It's legal to own a tank in the US

Did you really? I love guns and still slip up and say clip sometimes.

TheLatimerParadigm yeah, because its like calling a bike a car, two co^plettly different things

TheLatimerParadigm actually there is holograms

A keyboard is not the same as a mouse, so how is a stripper clip and a magazine the same?

Boredout454 yeah I've heard that....errr on tank restoration tv shows or something like that....it was about a guy in California who collected them and since he died, they were going to be auctioned off....

What else will blow your mind is when you learn that pretty much every single town in America has at least 1 ww2 era tank on display in one of its parks. Some places have artillery pieces even, all as war memorials

SkuzClott Well, we have that too here in Canada but they're all decommissioned.....

Boredout454 The funny thing is, back in the 80's in Toronto there was one parked outside an armory that was supposed to be decommissioned....but a couple of guys filled it full of gas and took it for a spin lol.....

Boredout454 it's not just a legend, I lived right by the armory and it was located at the Dufferin street ramp to the 401 highway. We saw the tread marks on the lawn where it was parked and marks on the sidewalk and pavement......

Aussie Disposal stores are dying out, the Australian Military are not selling off their old gear anymore. All the stores are closing or becoming regular camping stores, selling the same low quality crap as the chain places.

Yeah they're not bad, there are still about 3 decent ones around Brisbane. But there are at least, 4 or 5 that have closed in the last year or two.

Yeah, I wish there was more surplus gear at Aussie Disposals. I imagine import/quarantine make it hard here, military gear tends to be pretty dirty.

***** I am a grandparent. And I have an ECDL, ECDL advanced, A+ and an HNC in computer networking. Oh was also in the Engineers (104 field squadron- 71 Engineer regiment- Royal Engineers) so I can talk military tech too. Do not be so quick to generalise.

***** 51. Nor mine. You can do what you want however I don't have to read it.

Cheezsoup Yeah you're not a very old grandparent, my dad is 53 and he was in REME and is proficient computer user, taught me all I know

Cherry the Skrublord me too dude!!! lets hang some time

Not only that, it seems like they totally suck his ass and bleat like sheep at everything he tries to explain or talk about. I like Adam, let the man geek out on something without offering to pilot a bandwagon on his behalf. Of course, this is only my opinion and means nothing to anyone but me :)

Exactly what I think too! Adam will be explaining something and they interrupt with stupid questions... Adam could host Tested single handedly and it would be way better

You guys are aware that Will and Norm are the original creators of Tested right?

Hmm, I feel like they're stuck on interviewer mode. It's pretty amazing that they've got Adam and Jamie on board. But in the episodes where Adam is on it, it really doesn't seem like they have anything to offer, and it feels more like an interview. That's why it always feels awkward possibly? It just feels like there's an experience and skill difference between Norm, Will, and Adam. I don't know how they could possibly resolve such an issue. Other than to get experience, and be as interesting as Adam is.

Im pretty sure they're all friends. Agree that sometimes they don't add much, though sometimes they do.

Justin Hernandez me too bro we should hang out some time

Izzy Valdes what part of town u live in

East side. You?

Izzy Valdes south west

same

Yes. Some guns use clips, others use magazines.

Mr BubbaSkeeter yes, but the fact is he meant magazine when saying clips since those vests are made to handle magazines in those pockets.

***** SKS stripper clips would fit in there as if they were designed for it. There is no way to know what he truly meant, we can only speculate.

Mr BubbaSkeeter No, they would not fit. A double stack .45 is a tight fit in those pouches, let alone a stripper clip with 56mm long rounds. As to what Will was talking about it is as simple as that he doesn't have a clue what he is talking about.

MisterCIA Sorry but you are wrong, an SKS clip would fit in there like a glove.

In those pockets goes a magazine yes,but guns also take clips.

That depends on the gun.

I love to call them clips just to piss dickwads like you off.

phlodel you like to be wrong, ok buddy

¿Por que no los dos? Clips will fit in there too after all

The Interesting Nobody and, yet, Adam savage has fired more weapons than you ever will. Funny that.

Rensune it is part of military history

Evan Olivarez That's the joke

Well the Confederates did have great leaders despite being underequiped and not as well trained as the Union soldiers.

Well they were an army, albeit one that got their asses handed to them