I don't see why you shouldn't be able to get one. I have a Conshelf SE2 which at the time was sold to both public and military customers.
But if this is true, Lots of defense contractors slightly alter a product's appearance color or name in order to qualify for purchasing by military sources, since the gov. insists on paying the lowest cost below what is available to any distributor or wholesaler. In this era of internet sales undercutting stores, distributors and other retail outlets (who are their real customers), some manufacturers in many equip industries have specially branded lines they only sell to gov/ police customers to avoid having to explain to their civilian customers why they are selling at a mark up. Pistols and rifles are a good example as are desktop computers.
Some manufacturers consider it a fairness issue to not offer the same product to some customers (like the military) at a different cost than to other customers (like Sport Chalet for example.) So they avoid the issue entirely.
