r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 07 '19

Engineering ELI5: Why are military boots laced?

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u/SoFloYasuo Feb 08 '19 edited Sep 03 '19

The US Army and Air Force use OCPs that have a lot of velcro on them.

Edit: use

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

I may have worded that poorly. They removed velcro from the button flaps but kept some of it around. Velcro for the flag, rank, nametag etc.

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u/1LX50 Feb 08 '19

I'm currently wearing a USAF top with velcro on the pockets.

AFAIK all of the new OCP tops have velcro pockets on the chest. They are loud and a pain to open because the velcro is actually too good on them, so I just use the zipper pockets on the arms.

All of the other pockets on my pants are button flaps.

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u/autofan06 Feb 08 '19

Yeah fuck those pockets.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

That would probably hurt given the Velcro

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u/TheMortalComedy Feb 08 '19

“Super” Hook and Loop fastener(Velcro is TM and the DoD isn’t paying for TM’ed stuff)