I've no idea to what extent the MOD still have or issue these but I have this one I bought a few years back from a dealer who was virtually giving it away. I made enquiries with the makers to confirm it was actually a genuine one that they had made and supplied to the MOD and they confirmed it was, and that since they didn't supply them as such in that particular version as commercial items in the UK then they reckoned in had 'escaped' from the MOD stores or had fell off the wagon somewhere between them and ending up in the MOD's hands (if I recall the dealer had about 3 of these originally so maybe they got 'lost' some where at the makers end?).
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