Shorts
BDU • Camo • Vintage • Athletic • Military PT
The complete shorts catalog at Keep Shooting — 38+ SKUs spanning every cut and use case from modern military issue to civilian athletic wear. The catalog organizes into five distinct groups: BDU Shorts (modern six-pocket cargo cut, all camo patterns plus solid combat colors), Camo Shorts (pattern-organized view across cuts), Vintage Shorts (WWII paratrooper reproductions, premium infantry utility, plus authentic East German surplus), Athletic & Sport Shorts (Champion and Hanes brand-name civilian), and Military PT Gear (US Army Gym, Spanish Army Sport, Tru-Spec UDT, German Navy Bermuda). One of the broadest tactical / military-styled shorts catalogs on the web, spanning the $9.95 surplus tier through the $49.99 premium vintage utility tier.
Shorts at Keep Shooting
Keep Shooting's shorts catalog is the broadest tactical / military-styled shorts inventory on the web — 38+ SKUs spanning the $9.95 East German surplus floor through the $49.99 premium Vintage Infantry Utility tier, with cargo cuts, athletic cuts, vintage cuts, and actual issue military PT gear represented. The catalog is structured around three primary sub-catalogs (BDU, Camo, Vintage) plus the athletic and military-PT inventory that doesn't fit cleanly into any of those three.
The Three Sub-Catalogs — BDU, Camo, and Vintage
Most of the catalog organizes into three sister sub-categories, each viewing the same underlying inventory through a different organizing lens:
- BDU Shorts (30 SKUs) — the modern Battle Dress Uniform six-pocket cargo cut. Includes every camo pattern in the BDU cut plus the Rothco solid-color BDU Combat Shorts line (black, OD, khaki, coyote, navy) and the Tru-Spec NyCo ripstop premium tier. The cargo-cut deep-dive.
- Camo Shorts (18 SKUs) — pattern-organized view across cuts. US military lineage from Vietnam tiger stripe through ACU digital, plus French F2 woodland and Rothco's urban / civilian patterns. Heavy SKU overlap with BDU Shorts but reorganized by pattern era and country of origin.
- Vintage Shorts (10 SKUs) — period-styled cuts distinct from modern BDU. Rothco's WWII US Airborne Paratrooper Cargo Shorts in 5 colors, the premium Vintage Infantry Utility Shorts tier in 4 colors, plus the East German Grey Breeches — the catalog's only piece of actual Cold-War-era surplus.
For shoppers who know exactly which cut they want, navigate directly to one of those three sub-catalogs. For shoppers comparing across cuts — or who want the athletic / military PT inventory below — the parent catalog is the right entry point.
Athletic & Brand-Name Sport Shorts
Beyond the military / tactical sub-catalogs, we stock a small but useful selection of civilian brand-name athletic shorts for shooters who want a non-military look or who need cheap range / training shorts. The Champion Men's Long Mesh Pocket Shorts and Champion Polyester Mesh 9" Shorts are the canonical Champion athletic mesh shorts — the same pattern that built the brand into the dominant American athletic-wear name. The Hanes Mesh Pocket Shorts and Navy Blue Hanes Sport Mesh Pocket Shorts cover the equivalent Hanes mesh tier. All four are budget-priced ($12–$15 range) and serve the “cheap range shorts” use case where neither military patterning nor heavy-duty construction matters.
Military Athletic & PT Gear — The Issue Stuff
For shooters who want actual issue military athletic kit rather than civilian brand-name, we stock four genuinely military PT shorts:
- The US Army Gym Shorts are the canonical issue PT shorts — black with the gold US Army wordmark, the distinctive double-stripe leg detail, polyester athletic construction. These are real issue, not commemorative reproductions.
- The Spanish Army Sport Shorts are issue Spanish military athletic shorts, distinctive cut and color scheme, popular with European-impression re-enactors.
- The Tru-Spec UDT Shorts are the Underwater Demolition Team / Frogman swim shorts — the same short-and-tight cut worn by the WWII Navy UDT predecessors of the modern Navy SEALs and (with minor tweaks) still in use through SEAL water-confidence training. Quick-drying construction distinct from any of the cargo or athletic shorts on the page.
- The German Navy Bermuda Shorts are issue Bundesmarine warm-weather shorts — longer-cut bermuda silhouette in distinctive German naval blue, worn by Bundesmarine personnel in tropical and Mediterranean deployments.
Specialty & Outlier SKUs
A handful of catalog SKUs don't fit any of the above groupings cleanly. The Foreign Service Officer Cargo Shorts are styled after the kit worn by US State Department FSO personnel in tropical postings — cargo configuration with a slightly more conservative cut than military BDU. The Mil-Tec Boxer Shorts are technically underwear-tier but live in the shorts catalog for navigation reasons — lightweight construction designed for the European hot-weather field rotation.
Pairing & Cross-References
For full-length pant equivalents in the same patterns, see our military surplus pants catalog. For matching tops, see our military surplus shirts and jackets catalogs. The military surplus clothing parent catalog covers the complete uniform kit by impression, and the hats and caps catalog rounds out the head-wear by era. For manufacturer-specific catalogs, see our Rothco brand page (the dominant supplier across the military-styled inventory) and the Mil-Tec brand page. For surplus-by-country uniform builds, the surplus by country landing has matching national-impression kits across 29 countries (German, Spanish, and East German shorts here pair with the full national uniform inventory).
Frequently Asked Questions — Shorts
Keep Shooting carries a wide selection of Shorts products from trusted brands. Browse our catalog to see the full range, and use the filters on the left to narrow by brand, price, or product type.
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