Army boots or boots: a debate for decades
The debate about which is better for soldiers, boots or boots, continues to this day, for decades in a row.
Soviet troops wore boots until the very end of their existence. At the same time, most Western armies were equipped with boots back in the First World War. In fairness, it is worth noting that the latter were very different from modern ones.
Nowadays, the armed forces of almost all countries, including Russia, have switched to boots (high boots), but disputes about which is better sometimes still arise.
However, no matter what arguments in favor of this or that shoe opponents bring, the decision was and is made only on the basis of one parameter - economic.
The thing is that before the advent of tarpaulin, boots in production were much more expensive than boots. True, boots were not particularly suitable for the army at that time. They did not have a high top, which made them uncomfortable for marching, and indeed for being in difficult weather conditions.
But the boots were cheap to produce and could be mass produced.
This was the case until the Second World War, when the development of the chemical industry made it possible to produce cheap tarpaulin boots. Yes, these shoes were uncomfortable. But high-top boots were much more expensive and it was unprofitable to produce them for the army.
Meanwhile, the Americans solved the problem with high boots in a very unique way during World War II - they produced this element separately. It was easier and cheaper that way.
Full-fledged high-top boots, which we can see today in the equipment of soldiers of almost all armies of the world, appeared much later. Again, thanks to the development of industry and the significant reduction in the cost of their production.
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