>>2197027im stationed in texas, and while you are partially right about there being a lot of knock off shit in the surplus stores, in every stgore ive been in(theres like 30 of them outside base) theres a great selection of rucks, assault packs, sleeping bags, cold weather gear, rain gear, etc, thats all standard issue.
surplus isnt dead youre just not looking in the right places. drive to a military town, its all cheap af too
you can find this badboy, granted in the old digital camo for like 80 bucks,a nd honestly as far as backpacks go, its pretty fuckin good
