German Army Mountain Pack

[salad]

The German army still use those packs, My girlfreinds brother in in the german army and he has one

 

[littlebiglane]

Wayland, as you can see from the link to the thread with Hoodoo's advice I am quite keen on the pack aswell. Good price, good build quality and good size. It looks the part too. I use mine more than any other pack.

 

[Fin]

I may add a couple of modifications here and there but that is part of the fun when you like tinkering with your kit. In fact it was so inexpensive that I ordered a second one just for spare parts and materials.

I can live with the buckles issue, it's not a major problem, just a bit fiddly.

Aaaaw c'mon Wayland! As a complete duffer when it comes to craftsmanship, I follow your posts and website for inspiration as to what can be achieved. That pack is just gagging for some leather and buckles, leather mounted external attachment points and definitely some leather chord and, say, an antler stopper for the compression/ drawstring?

Get to it man!

 

[Wayland]

Yes I probably will tinker as time goes on, but If I'm going to invest a lot of time on it I may wait until I get a supergrade one from somewhere.

 

[Wayland]

Just had a re-pack and I can get my Hammock, underblanket and quilt set up into it and still have room for my hobo and food.

I'd always thought of the hammock as being a bit more bulky, probably because I normally only use it at meets, so I'm quite surprised to find I can fit it into a small pack like this.

 

[MrEd]

I knew i had a photo of this pack somewhere, its a great pack.

I think its about time i got it back off from the guy i lent it to for a trip lol

This and my Swedish pack are my favourite bags, perfect for overnighters or day long walks. Very hardwearing and strong. I have been using mine for nearly 2 years now and it has not suffered any damage at all, it jsut gets more and more worn in looking like a good pair of jeans

Its not waterproof but the materail is quite thick so its quite good at shedding even surprisingly heavy rain.

If you havent got one, get one. It isnt anything special in terms of looks but it isnt bad, but for function, simplicity, size and hard wearing-ness it cant be faulted

 

[Hoodoo]

I've been carrying that pack every day to work for 6 years or so. It has hauled a ton of books and other stuff. Very rugged pack.

 

[MrEd]

excellent, another story of longevity!

 

[Bush_Man]

Looks a great sturdy pack but I have 2 questions...

Q1- what is the weight of the pack?

Q2- Do you guys think I can transform it to fit into a bycicle rack like so:
http://www.amazon.com/Delta-Post-Po...sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1292284018&sr=1-13

 

[Wayland]

My bathroom scales don't go low enough to weigh it empty, but I would guess-timate just under three pounds.

I have no idea about the conversion though. I would think it's about as easy as an other pack would be.

 

[Melonfish]

Looks like a cracking pack that Simon, whats the total loaded weight with hobo, hammock and all other in it?

 

[Wayland]

Mine was about 8kg without food.

 

[wedgie]

i had one of thease years ago as my snap bag when i worked on the building sites. it had all ally clips but finnaly died when one of the brickies dipped it into a barrel of unibond and it went rather stiff.
absolutely brill pack hard wearing it took some right hammer.

 

[Trev]

Q2- Do you guys think I can transform it to fit into a bycicle rack like so:
http://www.amazon.com/Delta-Post-Po...sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1292284018&sr=1-13

The French do a similar pack , but waterproof and possibly lighter . Not to sure it will be as hard wearing but might be more suitable as a pannier .
No connection , just got one because they are better/CHEAPER than modern daysacks for carrying nappies/bottles/snacks etc with room for important stuff too .
Cheers , Trev .
PS THIS ONE

 

[rucksackshop.com]

Nice looking pack anyway, would you agree with Kevs estimation of 35 litres ?

It's 30 litres, maybe a bit more.
28.3 litres equal one cubic foot.

http://www.rucksackshop.com/en/prod/100102/German-Army-mountain-back-pack-(olive)

 

[Wayland]

Hi Joerg,

How much would it be to get a few of these over here if we organized a group buy?

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

I do NOT need another pack... i do NOT need another pack............

 

[littlebiglane]

Hi Rucksackman

Is the MountainPack on your site a genuine army issue pack or is it a commercial reproduction like the ones they sell on the Sturm site? Its just your piccies (and that you sell a black version) point to the commercial version? Aren't these a slightly different size aswell?

http://www.sturm-miltec.de/Equipmen...ACK OLIV/14016001/BW GEBIRGSRUCKSACK OLIV.htm

http://www.sturm-miltec.de/Equipmen...HWARZ/14016002/BW GEBIRGSRUCKSACK SCHWARZ.htm

Thanks

LBL

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

good packs i had one like these but need to upgrade to a ALICE due to bigger loads more days

 

[Pandabean]

Sillly question, how do these stand up to the wet weather? I have never really owned a canvas type bag but may be interested.