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walletdraineryesterday at 9:05 AM1 replyview on HN

You can certainly get cheap Bundeswehr surplus boots, but you should know that soldiers don’t typically choose those if given a choice.

When given a choice, soldiers will tend to choose something like Salomon Toundra.


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cess11yesterday at 1:22 PM

Yeah, I know, I've been in the military, but my requirements are much simpler. I'm not going to walk fifty to seventy kilometers per day in them, and I also don't want to spend as much time taking care of my boots as they do. If I happen to walk through a bog too many and the stench gets permanent it feels better to get a replacement pair if they cost like 60 euros rather than 2-300.