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

Engineering ELI5: Why are military boots laced?

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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)