Will you look at that! The Varusteleka Surplus Special Operations Group succeeded in a perilous infiltration to a secret winter trouser refinery in the Alps, and scored some unissued Bundesheer gear. We've had these thermal pants available before, but this new lot is unissued stuff!
Unissued Austrian Bundesheer thermal pants. Excellent stuff for field use, and not exactly expensive either. If you freeze your ass off next winter, you can't blame us. Shoulda bought a pair of warm winter trousers!
The pants are roomy, and the inseams are short on purpose: these are worn with winter boots, and excess length is undesirable. Don't pick a too large size!
These are made in various widths and lengths – just like jeans! The Austrian Bundesheer size in the brackets uses regular numbers for the width and Roman numerals for the length. Even in the case of pants, the width is based on chest size, as is common in Europe. The assumption is that a regular man will have a waist 12 cm (~5") smaller than his chest.
The size conversions and recommendations are based on our measuring work, customer feedback, and naturally wearing these ourselves. Don't get hung up on the numbers, though: surplus clothes often have variation.
Pay attention: the waist sizes below are recommended body measurements! The actual pants are larger for clearance.
Width Size | Bundesheer Size | Waist (cm) | Waist (inches) | Men's EU Size |
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2X-Small | 72-76 | 64 cm | 25" | EU 38 |
X-Small | 80-84 | 72 cm | 28.5" | EU 42 |
Small | 88-92 | 80 cm | 31.5" | EU 46 |
Medium | 96-100 | 88 cm | 34.5" | EU 50 |
Large | 104-108 | 98 cm | 38.5" | EU 54 |
X-Large | 112-116 | 108 cm | 42.5" | EU 58 |
2X-Large | 120-124 | 116 cm | 45.5" | EU 62 |
3X-Large | 128-132 | 124 cm | 49" | EU 66 |
Length Size | Bundesheer Size | User Height (cm) | User Height (ft / in) |
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Short | I-II | 171 cm | 5' 7" |
Regular | III-IV | 179 cm | 5' 10" |
Long | V-VI | 187 cm | 6' 1" |
X-Long | VII-VIII | 195 cm | 6' 4" |
These are unissued items. Some of the elastic parts might have a little age to them.
Mick G.