LOL. BTDT. Fact: 2008 ~1/3 of my [aluminum?] mags had no name, ~1/3 were Colt. ~1/3 I swear were stamped Brownells.... If they'd have been available in 2005 when we went to Iraq, I would have used them. As it stood, I used HK's Maritime steel mags that I got my supply guy to order for me since they had NSN's in the system.
Current issue we get now are Gen-3 PMAGs; ~half of us got plain black the other half got Coyote w/ windows. They are 100% reliable, even more than the last "Tan follower" ones. Total **** conditions here and they work (I mean BAD). Supposedly Gen-3 PMAGs and tan follower standard issue are necessary iot prevent the new 5.56mm [steel tip] EPR rounds from wearing down the feed ramps. IDK, but what I do know what we got now aint broke, Gen-3 PMAGs work, they are relatively cheap; unless you have some kind of vendetta or reason to dislike PMAG just buy them.