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We recently had a hiking shoe versus boots thread that covered that end of the spectrum pretty well, but it got me thinking about the other end...
Assume that you have no choice but to wear boots (heavy, cold or wet mountaineering or heavy load or whatever, just assume that's the case). Why does the military have their own idea of "combat" boots and not just use proper lightweight (or whatever) hiking boots? (By "combat" boots I don't mean WW II era leather high-tops, I mean modern, tactical stuff like Oakley Assaults and that sort of thing.) Or, to put it a little differently, do the high tops of typical military gear afford that much more protection for the weight? If so, why the heck don't hiking boots come in models with 8" or 10" tops?
Assume that you have no choice but to wear boots (heavy, cold or wet mountaineering or heavy load or whatever, just assume that's the case). Why does the military have their own idea of "combat" boots and not just use proper lightweight (or whatever) hiking boots? (By "combat" boots I don't mean WW II era leather high-tops, I mean modern, tactical stuff like Oakley Assaults and that sort of thing.) Or, to put it a little differently, do the high tops of typical military gear afford that much more protection for the weight? If so, why the heck don't hiking boots come in models with 8" or 10" tops?