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If Google Images is any indication a "tactical hooded trench coat" seems like exactly the kind of thing you see the HN demographic wearing while walking to work on a rainy day.

TBH I was expecting to see actual trench coats but they all seem like normal tight-ish fitting jackets in various grays, greens, browns and camo.

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I can't find it anywhere anymore, even on their site. They must have realized they weren't reading the room well with the ad and modeling.

But I did screenshot it previously: https://imgur.com/gallery/bxcK7zb

If that's the look of the HN demographic, I'm even more out of touch than I thought I was.

Now that's much more like what I expected to see when you said "hooded tactical trench coat"

I was seeing stuff like this which albeit somewhat tacky doesn't exactly scream IRA like that does.

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1nW0maN_rK1RkHFqDq6yJAFXaa/Fre...

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB19LG5p3MPMeJjy1Xdq6ysrXXaY/Tac...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oqoAAOSwGj9dpoA7/s-l300.jpg

https://image.dhgate.com/0x0s/f2-albu-g6-M01-FD-51-rBVaR1rw2...

That looks to be fan art from the video game/book Stalker/roadside picnic (specifically a bandit) used for advertising whatever you'd actually get in the mail. If you reverse image search it a couple different variations of the image will pop up, a lot of which are less than reputable looking stores.[2][3]

[1]https://danielkquemist.artstation.com/projects/lVx8Ne?album_...

[2]https://www.nikiluwa.com/products/mens-tactical-hooded-jacke...

[3]https://www.blaroken.com/products/mens-tactical-hooded-jacke...

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