Army Surplus Stores

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Big difference between American films and real life. Even over here those big Surplus store are rare and usually located near major military installations. Many times they are operated by "Wanna-be-commandos" and often get busted for selling stolen government property. The troops steal kit from their buds ad fence it to the shops.

Most surplus stores over here are small shop "mom and pop" operations too. Most of what they sell is manufactured for the surplus market or rejects from GC snafus.

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Oh yes, I meant to add that many times the pictures of a storefront are staged. I have traveled many miles to find what appeared to be a huge store in and advertisement was actually a small shop in a strip mall.

The add made it look like they had the whole building instead of just a small portion.