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The hobnails and heels are impressive. Good for parade work too.
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The old type of long timers boots...went out with the war and the soles were soft to be quiet. Old hands said "The new boots were like walking on maidens' bosoms"...
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I remember my father serving Germany
in the early 60's getting a pair of his boots done up with the hob nails and steel horseshoe heels. They were sounded and looked impressive when marching on cobble stone streets of the old Kasernan in Germany. They were banded as the destroyed stone and marble stairs in the buildings plus the possible use of magnet sensor land mines.
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And they scuffed the hell out of waxed floors.
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We did them for parade boots and found you needed to watch how you walked. If you just flopped along, you were likely to upend on smooth surface. You had to march over your heels and keep your weight above your feet. Too long steps were dangerous.
There's a piece of wartime footage showing German soldiers scrambling around a corner in Europe somewhere and suddenly one man goes down as if he slipped on ice. I have a pretty good idea his Jackboots had a full compliment of hobnails and horseshoes.
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My British uncle said that they hated marching behind American troops because they had rubber soles and the British troops could not hear the tramp of hobnailed boots so they would lose their steps in formation. I didn't know what he was talking about until I saw Trooping the Colour in London in the 1960s. I could hear the tramp of boots from the unit that just past, the unit that was passing and the unit approaching. All in step and marvelous to hear. Then I understood.
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Originally Posted by
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I could hear the tramp of boots
With a full rifle company or guard, it's more like a "Crash" with every step.
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