Im just saying, but Canada doesnt wear brown combat boots with their woodland CADPAT. They wear black boots, trust me i know i see them all the time. Plus do not get issue as it fads after about 10 months. Wait until CADPAT Urban comes out as that will be cool.

yeah...don't get your hands on the issue stuff...buy the good parklands stuff that lasts forever and doesn't fade ;)

I just hope our troops get what they need, no matter what that may be.

NEGATIVE.

The new brown boots are already being issued, hell our Padre already has a set. The black Mark IV's will continue to be issued until stocks are depleted.

Don't start talking out of your backside before even having set foot inside the Mega.

I'm just going to jump in for a friendly intervention here. There are people on this board that really do know what they're talking about, including myself and most get pretty irritated at posts like that one.

The new brown boots are already being phased in and while you definitely have seen CF mbrs wearing black boots, that won't be the case for long.
As for CADPAT urban, I'm guessing you're talking about CUEPAT which was always intended for CANSOFCOM and has already started to appear.


EDIT: Oh Puggs, too late :)

New boots; our OPS O was the first to get them in the Unit;

http://i.imgur.com/1sy8q.jpg

They are apparently pretty comfy and correct many of the problems inherent in the Mk IV / GP design such as a bigger toebox and undated lay to reflect actual foot sizing vs vintage WWII sizing. The only problem I can see right off the bat and I've confirmed with those wearing them is that the cordura upper does not have enough material and it's impossible to lace these boots up properly tight; everyone looks like they have FANKLES wearing these... My new Danners on the other hand, lace up proper;

http://i.imgur.com/wCmpR.jpg

Lol. Pull info from ass much?

I wonder if the new safety brown boots will be any good.
I friging wish they'd buy into composite instead of steel. No way to make 12lb boots comfy.

Edit
Cue pat? Cool. Want it!

Lol, come on guys.... but he knows what he's talking about, he sees the actual army men all the time.

Proof positive that officers get issued the new stuff before the troops :P

I get that the CF is transitioning to these, but from a personal standpoint I just don't like 'em. Brown (at least when I was in) was meant for deployment in warm/desert environments, and for getting out of polishing your regular boots before base commanders banished them as on-base wear....two weeks after I got mine :P Oh well, I still had enough fun irritating some instructors going through IST by attending with my LBV. "It has to be an issued item!" they said; "It is an issued item." I replied LOL!

As for logitechboys09, be aware that there are a number of former and current serving members of the CF on these boards. If you know something and can provide proof, by all means post away. But these folk can also be good resources if you're looking for any information too. Anyway, that wasn't meant to sound like I'm flaming you, and I hope you don't take it that way.

The way it works is if you go into Clothing Stores to get new boots, they will see if they have the black Mk IV's in your size. If they do, you get the black Cadillacs. If not, then you're getting the browns.

Let's not let this degenerate into a NCM vs Officers thing as I've seen both wearing the new boots.

Pugs, I just remember how it seemed to work when I was in, not necessarily how it actually worked. I've been out for several years now, since before the MkIV came into service (and I didn't like them either LOL). I'm not that old and yet I'm already fuddy enough and set in my ways :P

You're right though, there is no reason to make this an NCM vs Officer debate.

the brown boots had already been issued since May this year. I saw a bunch of OCdts at RMC who got those before I got posted. As far as I know, Kingston is the only base that actually issued brown boots. I am working in clothing stores right now and we are not even issuing those out. We only have a couple from the boot trials that the Sgt managed to keep but we have to return those to Ottawa after Bold Eagle.

if you go on ebay at the right time, they have good cadpat sometimes

What time is the "right" time?

Every day I guess:)

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I guess the new Brown boots are still unavailable for non forces types?