WWII US Tutorial - How To Lace M-1938 Leggings
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Today's video is a tutorial on how to lace M-1938 leggings. I thought it would've mirrored the footage because I had my camera turned around, but it automatically turns the footage the correct way. So disregard that part in the video. Ask any questions down in the comments. Thanks for watching! Comment, rate, and subscribe!
Great video, well explained. Glad you didn’t do some time lapse but let it run real time.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the video! This was helpful
Glad to hear! Thank you for watching!
they are not for keeping rocks out of the boot. a low top officers boot or a ww2 low caf boot is a low cut boot. the first part is to keep rain and water out of the leather boot. which is fine when marching and on the field, however it is not good funneling water in in trench and fighting stance warfares. why the army started issuing and regulating taller boots for the soldiers. the 2nd purpose of a "gaiter" strap is when fighting in jungle warfare and terrain, it is a layer protectant vs snakes and spiders ect... as the #1 spot a snake is likly to bite you is along the vein of where the aklies tendon is at... and spiders are most likly to enter the boot threw the legging blousing. so even today soldiers wear gaiters they are however not standard issue nor general uniform. and the 2002 gortex gaiters are very nice for field use against water, cold and spiders. however they are less likly for snake protection and the near knee high is not very comfertable. i still prefer the 1948 style gaiters vs the 2000gortex and the 1938's. the difference is the metal hooks are the same as on the jungle boot and much lighter than the steel hooks. also the hooks are made to blouse in under the lips... the general solider did over the lips for general ease because the bottom heel claps if a piece of shit in the 1938 issues. as doing things the way seen in the movies is not exactly functionally correct. also the hooks are often bendable to help hold the laces in place and the steel hooks in the 1938 issues were less than adjusting.
oh the 1943 issues were ok and like the 1948 issues. but came in general 1 size only, and again the metal clasps were pieces of shit. i still prefer the jungle combat boot. as ar670-1 is the unfirm code regulations. black boot by affaliated production source... technically a soldier today can wear older black boots from ww2 still. tho the DCU->ACU->OCU often prefer tan/cyotee color boots. but BDU and Fatigue issue unforms do allow Black Boots. most of your ww2 boots were dark brown or brown colors even in the khaki uniforms. so finding a pair of black boots for BDU or Fatigue uniform authorizations are for officers only being the ww2 low rise black boot was an officers boot. so under rare unifrom orders, an officer today can still wear ww2 black boots. and i might say they are very comfortable boots with the extra sole... however they are not exactly good field boots. the jungle boot has the best deep tred for all terrain circumstances, and part of why it is still my favorite boot. and the general military production source of that is a McRays boot. for curious minds out there seeing all those knockoff brands of "combat boots" and if you strip out the soul of the combat boot, and replace it with an officers insole, then slip in a DR Sholes Gel sole fitted to to foot arch type... then jungle and combat boots can be the most comfortable boots worn as well. and believe it or not, safty reports of steel toes is less safe when working around mobilized heavy machinery because if something really heavy goes onto your toes its better to loose your toes than to get trapped under something extremely heavy. so steel toes is more for construction work ect with moderate weight tiems might fall and puncture feet ect. and non-uniformed fighters... i like the timberland or reddings mountinering and climbing boots. their still light, they have deep treads, mid calf ankel supports and they really are the best over all. so pending the circumstance of need, or if the missions are in uniform our in general wear is pending the choice of boot necessary. and probably a soldiers most important piece of equipment.
Is it normal for the gaiters to be loose near the calf even after we tighten it?
You don't want them to be skin tight, and you don't want them to be like muck boots. How loose are they on you?
@@WWIIman1942 well there is a gap near the back of my calf but they are touching my leg on the front of the gaiters. By the way the gap in the back of the calf is probably 2.5 inches
Yeah thats a little too big. What size are yours?
@@WWIIman1942 all I know is that they were a size 4, at least I know it’s not normal now so thank you!
No problem. If they are a original size 4s, hold on to them. Original size 4s aren't too common nowadays. Wasnt a common size back in the day as people were smaller back then. As for finding the right size, there a are a few websites that have sizing guides for leggings.
Great video! Keep it up
Thanks!