Army Surplus Combat Boots found, One moment please.... Army Surplus Combat Boots Army Surplus Combat Boots are military boots designed to be worn by soldiers during actual combat or combat training as opposed to during parades and other ceremonial duties. Soldiers have worn army surplus combat boots in battle for much of recorded history; early specialised army surplus combat boots included the hobnail boots of the Roman legions. Modern army surplus combat boots are designed to provide a combination of grip, ankle stability, and foot protection suitable to a rugged environment. They are normally made of hardened and/or chemically-treated leather and can be waterproof. Variations on the basic lace up army surplus combat boot have been designed for special types of troops (tanker boots, jump boots) and special environments (jungle boots, desert boots, cold weather boots). Recent army surplus combat boots are beginning to integrate kevlar and nomex within their side panels to provide better protection and ventilation for the skin of the soldiers who wear them. Although army surplus combat boots have a reputation for being uncomfortable and even painful, this has been improved. The modern Infantry army surplus Combat Boot, in the U.S., incorporates new civilian surplus boot technologies to good effect, including Gore-Tex waterproofing and heel/ankle support, making it highly wearable and effective. army surplus Combat Boots as fashion army surplus Combat Boots are also popular as fashion clothing in the goth, punk, heavy metal, industrial, skinhead, and BDSM subcultures. Beyond fashion as such, many individuals choose to wear army surplus combat boots simply due to durability, comfort and other utilities, as the army surplus boots are specifically designed to be comfortable to wear in a variety of changing conditions for long durations without significant long-term wear. For these and other reasons, they can be purchased in almost every moderately sized city at army surplus stores. army surplus Tanker Boot army surplus Tanker boots are army surplus boots closely associated with soldiers who serve on tanks and tracked vehicles in general. It is said the idea was borrowed from the French crewmen encountered during World War I when then-Captain George S. Patton, Jr. established the United States Tank Corps. Whereas regular army surplus combat boots are laced through metal eyelets in the leather upper, the surplus tanker boots are fastened with leather straps which wrap around the upper and buckle near the top. This benefits the wearer in several ways: Many army surplus boots have nylon or canvas panels in their uppers and also nylon laces which will melt if exposed to fire. Melting army surplus boots and laces will serve to further injure a crewman and make his/her evacuation of the vehicle more difficult. Tracked crewmen typically find themselves working in very muddy environments. Another advantage of army surplus tanker boots is that they are much easier to loosen than a regular laced boot when caked in mud. Also, today's modern tankers are exposed to many harmful chemicals - Flame-Resistant Hydraulic Fluid (FRH), turboshaft transmission fluid, grease, oils and various fuels. The all-leather construction of army surplus tanker boots prevents absorption of these chemicals into the army surplus boots and coming into close and prolonged contact with the wearer's skin. army surplus Tanker boots also allow for improved circulation to crewmember's feet, as they may be sitting or immobile for long periods of time. Tank crewman during the Gulf War reported remaining seated at their gunners', drivers', and commanders' stations for periods up to the entire 100 hours of ground combat. army surplus Tanker boots, unlike most traditional army surplus combat boots, have the tongue sewn into the surplus boot up to about 1 - 1.5 inches shy of the top of the army surplus boot, to make the surplus boot more readily waterproofed (up to 14" of water depth can be stood in without ingress of water when sealed/waxed properly, depending on the height of the army surplus boot design); the tongue is made with excess leather left and right that doesn't require it to separate to remove the foot. army surplus Tanker boots are normally equipped with steel toe guards, steel or plastic shank/heel guards, and in at least modern variants, steel or other protective metal inserts in portions of the sole as well, as befit a army surplus boot intended for an operating environment filled with metal hazards that can be accidentally kicked/dropped/stepped upon/et cetera (as opposed to the traditional army surplus combat boot designed for a sandy or muddy battlefield environment). army surplus Tanker boots have a significant disadvantage over traditional lace up army surplus combat boots in that they provide comparatively little ankle support; however for troops that fight sitting in an armoured vehicle, this is relatively unimportant. An unauthorized variant of the army surplus tanker boot is the army surplus cav boot which is higher above the ankle (in imitation of army surplus riding boots worn by the old horse cavalry) and might be worn by soldiers assigned to divisional cavalry squadrons and scout units. army surplus Tanker boots are said to have originated somewhat by accident. The story claims that there was once a tank crew member whose boot's laces were burnt by an ejected casing. Another member of the crew took off his belt and wrapped it around the damaged army surplus boot as a sort of temporary fix, making it the first surplus tanker boot. 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Although in modern times, nearly all army surplus combat boots are fully laced, modern army surplus jump boots are mainly worn as dress and army surplus parade boots. They are generally made of smooth leather with toe-caps and heel counters that accept a high polish or "spit-shine". They often have side zips for easy removal. Certain US Army soldiers, notably those assigned to an Airborne unit, are authorized to wear army surplus jump boots with their Class A uniforms. army surplus Jungle Boot army surplus Jungle boots are a type of army surplus combat boot designed for use in jungle warfare or in hot, wet and humid environments, where a standard army surplus leather combat boot would be uncomfortable or unsuitable to wear. army surplus jungle boots have vent holes in the instep to aid in ventilation and drainage of moisture. The most well-known type of army surplus jungle boot are the ones that the US Armed Forces issued to their personnel during the Vietnam War in which the army surplus boot's upper was a mixture of leather for the toe, heel and eyelets and cotton/nylon for the neck of the army surplus boot. The army surplus jungle boots that were made for the US armed forces during the Vietnam War sported a direct molded rubber sole (in either a Vibram style tread or a Panama-style tread) which also has a stainless steel plate installed inside the army surplus boot's sole to protect the wearer from punji stake traps. The US army surplus jungle boot helped influence the design of the famed army surplus desert combat boot which many American soldiers wore during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Despite the introduction of the army surplus desert boot at the time of Operation Desert Storm, many American military personnel were still issued army surplus jungle boots because there were not enough army surplus desert boots to issue to all the personnel in the Middle East at the time. Altama Footwear and Wellco Footwear are two American army surplus combat boot companies who manufacture the US army surplus military jungle boot. Altama began manufacturing army surplus boots for the military towards the end of the Vietnam War, in 1969, and is still suppling the military with quality footwear to date. Wellco gained the their first government contract for army surplus boots in 1965. These companies manufacture the army surplus boots in both its original Vietnam War configuration with the green cotton/nylon upper and conventional eyelets and in an updated version with a black cotton/nylon/Cordura upper and a hook and eyelet lacing system as well as the army surplus desert boot of Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom fame. As of 2005, the United States Marine Corps has removed the old black army surplus jungle boots from front-line military service and replaced them with a new army surplus combat boot called the Surplus Jungle Desert Boot after the US Marines adopted the new MARPAT digital camouflage uniforms in 2002 as well as the US Marines being called in to fight in deserts in recent years.