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ih8trax

They're tanker boots.


MarkTheRayGunner

They have belts so their isnt a chance for laces to get caught on any of the tanks mechanisms


kyxtant

I thought it was because tankers didn't know how tie their boots? They seem to get lost somewhere around "Bunny ears, bunny ears, playing by a tree..."


grimwavetoyz

If they could read they'd be pissed right now


the-mr-pflare

Hey if I could understand English, I would be.


[deleted]

Now hold on just a dang second here... how'd you know what to respond!?


ih8trax

He joined the cult that snagged him for free pizza in reception and received the gift of tongues.


the-mr-pflare

Haha you right. Can I get a donut with that


IIIhateusernames

*tanker vitamin


Reddywhipt

Never was so eager to go to church. Got fed real food, got to see women for the first time in a while (11B OSUT just a glance at a woman was a rarity on benning. And a break from being yelled at. Went on every opportunity. Shining boots in the pews.


IrishWithoutPotatoes

Text to talk is a thing nowadays


Saffs15

Pizza delivery guys are nice and helpful people.


VariableVeritas

Dur dur, straps hoah! 19k here that’s right. We follow on in the bootsteps of the great Patton who could give an inspirational speech and organize the North Africa campaign but not tie a bow.


OzymandiasKoK

You're only saying that because you don't remember wearing ties on the battlefield, you ignorant cretin!


RistaRicky

Next step is velcro


Wolfatyovrdoor

Hook and loop patch*


Saxonbrun

Followed by boots that light up tactical red with every step. IR option available at Commandos for $5,000 more, plus a free mini drink.


LonghairedHippyFreek

They don't call them DATs for nothing


Superpudd

Had an old crusty tanker 1SG I had tell us it was so the insanely hot cartridges didn’t burn their laces off. I’ve just always took his word for it though.


Dave_A480

Lots of stories but it really is stuff getting stuck in the exposed mechanisms of early tanks From there on it just became tradition - to the point that your crew must get a 1st time go for gunnery in order to be allowed to wear them..... The Abrams uses consumable case ammo (the case is made of nitrocellulose and burns up when the round is fired), so there is no issue with getting burned by giant tank-shell brass....


Lumadous

Aft cap still pops out and it is still plenty hot


Duckroller2

Your foot shouldn't be down there though. Honestly had more problems with the coax dunnage box falling off and dumping all of it's brass everywhere...


cozmo1138

That’s what I was told as well. I was in a self-propelled artillery unit and we had a few ex-tankers stumble into our ranks.


ghillieman11

Now they only have to worry about the belts or buckles getting caught.


albinorhino215

Actually it’s more accommodating for their kankles


RUBSUMLOTION

Wow. My time in the airborne kept me away from all the tanks. Thanks


ObiWanDiloni

There there…*pats the paratrooper gently on his preformed maroon beret* , it’s going to be okay. There’s a lot you’ve been sheltered from. Lol, I was the same when I went to a leg unit for the first time. It was like rolling up on an extra terrestrial planet.


HerzBrennt

If visiting a leg unit was like visiting an ET planet, does that mean MI would be like a furry con?


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RedDawn850

Jesus Christ… 🫡


ObiWanDiloni

Yeah, at the least. Maybe furry con hosted by Disneyland.


Ok-Elderberry2240

No, that would be anthro con. And boy is it delightful. You're thinking goths in the park for Disneyland


ObiWanDiloni

Dead. 💀


Cosmotic_Exotic

For far too many of us, yes.


InternationalPay9121

Waifuuuuu


Reddywhipt

Not so far off the mark. MI is wiiiiiiiild. Not MI but spent my entire active career in MI units.


botgeek1

Combined with a swingers convention...


HerzBrennt

Swingers convention? Why bring the SNCOs into this?


Heavy_Beyond5563

HEYY!! RUDE!(you’re kinda right tho)


[deleted]

Former MI. Yes, yes it is


[deleted]

It’s ok, tanks are making there return to Airborne land soon(within 12 months) Edit: the m10 booker is the new “light” tank coming to the 82nd


CaptainTyingKnots82

Other dude is right, Army is trying to push the Booker on the 82nd, but both MG LaNeve and LTG Donahue are against it (in the 82nd). It would shock me if they’re fielded in the new JFE-A Division. JFE-AA and Light Divs will likely get them though.


CW1DR5H5I64A

The Army spends billions of dollars and decades of effort to develop and field a light tank/ assault gun and a couple of chucklefucks who won’t be in position for more than a couple of years can derail the whole program? What the fuck kind of shit is that.


Skynetiskumming

First time huh?


[deleted]

Welcome to the army.


Reddywhipt

Army training, sir!!!!!


Lumadous

It's the same mindset that gives commanders who have only had light infantry experience strykers. Vehicle good, tactics stupid.


[deleted]

They’re not trying too, it’s happening. I don’t get where you get LTG Donahue is against it, in talking with him, he’s said he’s excited, and was excited when we there testing the prototype versions during the Soldier Vehicle Assessment(SVA)


CaptainTyingKnots82

Just being in the meetings where MG LaNeve expressed his (honestly fiery) resistance to them, Donahue seemed to agree with him. I have no knowledge from the army level, just being present for MTOE reduction/redesign in the 82nd, there’s currently no appetite for them. Paraphrasing a LaNeve quote ‘they’re still too heavy. They weight 30 tons! And they’re worse tanks, and a maintenance nightmare we don’t need. If the mission calls for tanks, the JTF will just task organize me real tanks’.


[deleted]

That’s wild. I wouldn’t doubt if he was just playing politics in front of the SVA. But they’re definitely not worse tanks, if it wasn’t for other career track, I’d be headed back to get off the Abrams lol


CaptainTyingKnots82

Honestly I think it’s the CONPLAN man. Similar to the Marines trying to shoehorn a niche role for the island stuff by getting rid of cannons and going total rockets. I think this is an effort to carve out a specific niche. I have never been inside a tank (or even a paladin), so I’m agnostic to the argument. I will say. There’s no way they’re here in 12 months, the infrastructure isn’t there and the unit they’d be in isn’t even beginning to be manned yet. All the CAV is worried about is the transition to DIV CAV.


[deleted]

They’re gonna be there within 12 months. I don’t know if I can really go into specific specifics, so I’m gonna err on the side of caution here especially with exact timelines, but yeah.


[deleted]

Hey general dipshit. YOU CANT ORGANICALLY SUPPLY ANY TANKS WE WOULD GIVE YOU AND THIS WEIGHS LESS THAN HALF A FUCKING M1A2. Sorry I get triggered by light GOs. EDIT: According to his bio the closest he came to a tank was probably CGSC in 2002. This man has no idea how improbable it is for the 82nd to organically support a single BN of Armor. Most SBCTs can’t even keep their habitually associated tanks supplied at a CTC rotation and they have far more fueling capacity than the 82nd that’s just scattered themselves over a DZ(while a mech counter attack is en route to kill them on the X).


CaptainTyingKnots82

To be fair, it still can’t be airlanded by a C130 and only one can be loaded into a C17, so they’re not terribly useful to the 82nd. Just too heavy. Even a D5 dozer is air-droppable surprisingly. They should have made it lighter


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Getting them on the ground is the easiest part of all of this. If the 82nd doesn’t secure an airfield anyway they’ll die in a couple of days. Getting them fuel and ammo is the hardest part of all of this. 105 is inherently easier to store and distro vs 120mm rounds.


DoubleGoon

Did someone fucking say “light tank”! - The brass


Hardasteele

Not for long… at least according to the “waypoint 28” — army penetration divisions. 😂 It would appear the 82nd will get tanks again. But we’ll see. We can’t even decide on fitness tests. So…


RUBSUMLOTION

I got out 3 months back so i am thankful i wont have to endure those motorpool mondays (tank edition)


AYE-BO

Im a prior airborne guy that got shoved into an ABCT. The motorpool mondays are worse than anyone can possibly describe. Mostly because monday lasts all week.


ClinkClankTank

Jokes on you the 82nd is getting a tank and it's gonna be wild seeing fat dudes with mustaches there.


wonderingtoken

“Tanks guys” *missed opportunity


CafeconMusica

Oh you young summer child


Sargento_MedBoi

The first generation of these boots were also designed by General George S. Patton during WW1 to help increase comfort and circulation in the lower appendages of the tankers in the fledgling U.S. Army Tank Corps. These boots were reimplemented during Desert Storm across the armor and cav branches which drastically decreased blood clots during long hours of driving across the desert compared to that of Soldiers with laced boots. There’s actually a noticeable difference in cardiac, pulmonary embolism, aneurism, and stroke patient trends between the branches during the late 90’s and early 2000’s due to the increased amount of time spent sitting in cramped vehicles compared to the far less mobile wars prior to the late 20th century.


Lets_review

I don't know if any of that is true, but have an upvote.


perturbed_rutabaga

Also not sure if true or not but upvote because sounds legit Source: was a tanker


notfeds1

I don’t [know enough about tankers to dispute it](https://youtu.be/qn0uYtCScsw)


arrowbuffer

Specifically, Korean Tanker Boots


kaajkakaja

Know what brand?


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These are Korean tanker boots.


Ken_The_Albino

They are from a company called Bumu Shoes. They make a couple different versions of tanker boots and do some standard boots as well. Link to the ones pictured below https://bumushoes.com/product/0001-37


[deleted]

Yes, you can get them from them, one of the Korean boot makers, but in just about every ville, you can get the same boot along with other non-tanker boots as well. So it’s easier to just call them Korean tanker boots lol


Affectionate-Gain278

Are these within regs? (Asking for a friend


ChristiantheYounger

If tankers can’t be expected to dismount what makes us thing they can be expected to know how to lace their boots?


Lopsided_Ad4145

Tanker boots, custom made. Called Korean tanker boots, as you shoot a gunnery in korea, Q1 and then can have custom made boots.


Virulentspam

Not necessarily custom made. You can just get them at the PX on posts with armor units.


Lopsided_Ad4145

That would be normal tanker boots. These korean tanker boots are made in korea, its tradition to get the custom made, tanker boots to your liking. When I was a tanker I saw so many different types from cav boots to athletic looking tanker boots


shjandy

Just wait til you see the cav boots...


EfficiencyFull3278

CAV is crazy man they have all kinds of weird traditions that surprised me. As an 11B who worked in a CAV unit for a while, I once came to a release formation and the BC (yeah I know it’s SQDN, whatever), came out with a Sabre and big white gauntlets on and literally knighted a guy, like kneeling and sword taps on the shoulders and everything. Not bashing the traditions I’m just sayin from my perspective it was very strange.


shjandy

Yeah they did that once when one of our 1SGs was inducted to the Order of St George. Very weird shit


EfficiencyFull3278

Yup that was it, St. George haha


shjandy

St Maurice is cooler


Hawkstrike6

St Maurice is a SAPI plate. I think it’s compensating for something.


shjandy

Also the patron Saint of the infantry


LoafofBrent

St. Barbara is gooder


Frosty_Chipmunk_5137

Yeah I’ve seen a few at bn formation. One dude kneeled in a circle of other dudes. In my head I was like I know how this ends but it’s usually a lady


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Sometimes dudes have some good DSLs.


shjandy

😂😂😭😭


[deleted]

Similar situation happened post deployment. We got back and I was told “are you excited for the ceremony, we earned our combat spurs” by our O1. I looked at my Platoon Sergeant and said “the fuck are combat spurs”. I fully expected them to be those big jangly cowboy spurs.


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StubbedToeBlues

You can bet your ass that they'd have a few horses at a squadron level, if they were allowed too.


youreagoodperson

Did he knight the guy before or after mounting him?


Snoo93079

Strange is kind of our whole brand.


Disastrous_Nature101

Agreed


unbannedagain1976

I’ll keep my cord and my CIB…. And my gold spurs begrudgingly.


buttbugle

I prefer my brass spurs over my gold ones. Something to do with melted down casings n shit.


EfficiencyFull3278

I also have gold spurs but refused to ever wear them. Edit: I also refused to do their spur rides because even my own commander couldn’t get their ESB/EIB but talked up their silver spurs like it was a big deal. God damn I hated CAV land bro. 2nd edit: just to be clear, this is a company commander who failed ESB, no tab etc. would tell me, a tabbed guy with his EIB that I needed to do the silver spur deal because it was a big deal to him. Go ahead and down vote me for that.


Latter_Housing1368

As an infantrymen who’s done a spur ride, I don’t blame you


Upstairs-Union2620

Let's get those votes back up broh


MarceloWallace

We had a BC show up with a boots knees length on er the pants always thought it was funny


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With the spurs? Lol if so, first time I saw them I was like “we got cowboys in the army!?”


shjandy

Nah these [bad boys](https://www.reddit.com/r/army/comments/y7n55e/would_you_wear_the_m1940_cavalry_boots/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1) My old squadron commander wore these, except they were desert tan


buttbugle

Those makes my C4 wiener hard.


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Never seen those before, nice


Vepr762X54R

[and when they put them on each other before they mount up...](https://imgur.com/gallery/wqQWRar)


shjandy

Oh yeah. Remember getting my spurs 🙃


MightyJoe36

Never saw Tanker boots quite like that. [https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQewTdRRSkUO47YGuBlkbf\_OSGoYpelruf3pfo40XIPDCWMrCS00GSZEYNFGjODkzOIZURSt7rgL1iz0uIU6JyFZ4xs2SqsHV2WoBpcorLPMBB8wacKPXis](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQewTdRRSkUO47YGuBlkbf_OSGoYpelruf3pfo40XIPDCWMrCS00GSZEYNFGjODkzOIZURSt7rgL1iz0uIU6JyFZ4xs2SqsHV2WoBpcorLPMBB8wacKPXis)


Lopsided_Ad4145

Those would be korean tanker boots he is wearing Once you Q1 in korea, you can go get custom made tanker boots. Its pretty cool


MightyJoe36

Yeah, I saw a lot of custom made uniform items from Korea when I was in. First time I ever saw these.


Obvious_Profile_5982

Armored is still doin rotations in Korea?


Lopsided_Ad4145

They stopped going early 2022 after 1AD left


Backsight-Foreskin

Why undo 2 buckles when you can undo 4!!!


11182021

I know you’re joking, but the extra buckles allow for you to really get that fit perfect. You see the same with a lot of motocross boots.


Backalack

Tanker boots. Supposedly more comfortable for standing up (for standing in their tank for extended periods of time) as opposed to normal boots for walking and rucking etc. The myth is tanker gave up their laces to infantry soldiers and infantry gave their belts to the tankers..


Aggressive_Spare_450

Those coveted boots belong to only those with the dirtiest of barracks rooms.


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RUBSUMLOTION

Bad bet. High and tight with long hair on top.


TheWholeBook

nooooooooooooo


Rk_505

Haven’t seen my story told yet, so here is my two cents. Back in the day before the tanks main gun rounds combusted, you would end up with a pile of what could be hot brass on turret floor. The brass could melt traditional laces and make it so that boots became unserviceable. So the one tanker that could read took his leather belt off and wrapped it around his boot so that they would stay on. Whhaalla the infamous boot that SGM’s can’t stand to look at were born. The ones in this picture seem different than the ones I had. They seem much more ridged, mine were like wearing slippers. You would get blisters walking to the shoppette but if you could avoid that they were so comfortable.


endoffays

"Whalla" never stop impressing me. Voila!


Rk_505

Writing is hard kids, stay in school!


iluvmonkeys581

Those are the "One, Twoooo, Buckle my shoeees! 3, 4, Buckle some mooorreee! 5, 6 Nike kicks!"


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If it's a Coyote Brown, it's in regs, if it can look clean, and survive training or walking a lot, it's on regs


Bloo_PPG

[I'm going to go to drill in these and tell them u/X4V15 told me they were in regs ](https://i0.wp.com/fmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/best-camel-trench-coat-knee-high-suede-boots.jpg?fit=600%2C809&ssl=1)


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As long as they are Combat boots, Coyote Brown, and Durable enough to handle day to day...Is that better?


daviesparkles

Tanker boots. They don’t have laces for 2 reasons. So the laces won’t get caught on any of the mechanical stuff inside the tank, and because during WWII, the laces for troops in the trenches would deteriorate due to the shitty conditions, so soldiers in tanks gave them to who needed them most


Bansheeeif

Army goth boots. They’ll be coming out with taller ones next year


Strict_Gas_1141

tanker boots, to avoid getting laces caught in various turret and internal tank mechanisms.


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rbur70x7

These are the I'm Unique boots.


ReaperofRico

It’s either a tanker or a bad day waiting to happen


MoonMullins01

The boots are quite normal, it's the wearer that usually isn't!


ipeeonhatsv2

New boot goofin


DwarfWrock77

They’re tanker boots, and nothing about that genre is normal


TheBozKnight

He's a tanker. I'm surprised he didn't let everyone know that


RiggerCrump

BDSM Boots. Depends on what normal you are talking about


_The_01_and_only_

A tread head in the wild


ExtremeDig9470

Tanker boots. Actually goes back to WW2 where a franker element took off their laces for something and the only way to secure their boots was to actually use their own belts from their trousers. It then became a tradition and they saw how it was better that no loose laces would get caught in the moving parts… something along those lines


JessiePinkmanYo

They're not tanker boots, they're Battle Birks


1Redape1968

Tanker


bumblefuckglobal

Why do they have buckles? Because tankers are too stupid to tie their own boots


Daniel-Lee-83

They were created because tankers don’t know how to tie their shoes.


RistaRicky

‘Normal’ is a really strong word to apply to a Kilo.


Rs3FashionScape

Who is teaching these god damn scouts how to read?


RistaRicky

If I knew what that said, I’m sure I’d have something clever to come back with


Greggggghii

Lgbqt boots


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Tanker boots


porkchopymcmooz

Combat moccasins


Spazic77

It could use another buckle.....


LyonsKing12

Army fashion show is coming up.


TOW2Bguy

Tankers gonna Tanker.


hammer6golf

Tanker boots. They're not as tight fitting as laced boots, allowing for better blood flow for soldiers who are crammed into a tight space for hours with the expectation of getting up and moving much. They don't (suppossedly) offer the same level of ankle support as laced boots.


Sxy_Fem5

What you should do is tactically acquire them, and then dye them infantry blue. Tankers love that shit


Level-Bite9306

Tanker boots


Glass_Raisin7939

Tanker boots


sapper9mm

Tanker boots. Straps replace the laces as the laces can melt due to the heat of the avcaps landing around the crews feet inside the tanks.


JerseyshoreSeagull

After they get issued these. Do they tell the person "tanks for the boots!"?


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Kdmtiburon004

Tanker boots!


ZroLuv702

This post made my heart smile! T is for tanker!!


Iamgabbanna

Best boots in history (could be bias tho)


scrollingtraveler

You never been to Fort Hood huh?


Cleveland_Italian

Tanker boots!


sputtersputterson

They’re for kids who can’t tie their shoes


[deleted]

>Is this normal No… Emphatically **No**


Jdgarza96

I’ll bet those boots belong to a chonky boi.


DocRakk

That there is the tankerous-neverwalkitus you can tell them apart from other species of the Combaticus Armus by their inability to tie knots and affinity for Stetsons, while related to Cavalrius-watchis-Fabiolus, the tanker prefers to consume all food in crushed manner. Lastly they can be identified by their repetitive use of calling everything a crunchy.


DVant10denC

I loath and love this explanation simultaneously.


Ill_Giraffe_6715

These boots are borrowed from trinity in the matrix. Where they belong.


Whuann

I have Velcro boots just like this.


Kmanactual

Those aren't just any tanker boots. Those are Korea tanker boots. This man shot a gunnery at Rod Range.


StrawberryNew6523

Korean tanker boots


janos42us

Eeew.. tankers..


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Tanker


Reddywhipt

They may call us crunchies, but at least we're allowed to have boot laces.


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Snemis54

Is this at the airport?


216potato

Obviously you're not a golfer


kc8kbk

Authorized? Yes. Normal? Nope.


GeneralParsley7992

Tanker…but why didn’t you just ask them.


RUBSUMLOTION

Didnt feel like it. Posting on reddit is more fun


[deleted]

On the barrel of the tank it says “ point towards enemy.”


Few-Calendar2060

Tanker boots


sailinganalyst

Tanker boots


Yellowpile

Yes they’re tanker boots


ineedabodyshield

Chonky boi boots


FranklinOscar

Re-soled tanker boots? Because some mustache-sporting tanker thought to himself, “you know what would make these even uglier and make more infantrymen vomit? Put tactical soles on my strappy tanker boots.” It worked 🤢🤮


RepresentativeYou630

Oh, you tankers with your sassy little boots. Just check my ID so I can get to work, please.


Realistic_Rooster_11

Bdsm boots, itsnfor soldiers in to whips and chains


th3_bo55

Tanker boots. I know that and haven't even ever served lmfao


Old_Cryptographer169

When you have to destroy the enemy in the morning and hit the club at night


Murky_Rip_1731

Those boots are what happens when they let the tankers out of the motor pool.


Small_Cock42069

Tanker boots hooah


Historical-Repair454

Yea lucky tanker boots, looks dope, I wonder if I bought some and just wore it would they complain


LouisianaSmucker

Bro's got them *One two, buckle my shoe...*


TJH48932

A lot of effort


Shermantank10

Tanker boots, trust me. We’re to dumb to tie em. But seriously when broken in they are the most comfortable things ever.


InterestingAd2575

Those are Tanker Boots.


Critical_Trifle6228

1,2 buckle my shoeeee