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NEW DELHI: From thin canvas shoes to Reebok, Adidas and Nike? Well, that would perhaps be too ambitious but the fact is that the around 10 lakh jawans of the Army will now finally get proper "sports shoes" instead of the vintage-pattern PT shoes they have been saddled with for decades.
That's not all, on the footwear front. The Army is also going to soon introduce new combat boots, which will allow soldiers to function with greater efficiency in different types of weather and terrain. "In tune with the endeavour to provide the best available equipment to soldiers, the Army is going in for sports shoes, based on current design and technology available in the market, as well as specially-designed combat boots," said an officer on Monday.
The defence ministry, in recent years, has been focusing on providing better rations and gear to soldiers, especially to those posted in forward and counter-insurgency areas. "The new combat boots, for instance, will be more durable, flexible and light-weight than the existing heavy boots," he said.
Incidentally, this comes in the backdrop of defence minister A K Antony being stumped by an unusual request by jawans during his visit to North-East in February. At the 3 Corps HQs in Ranga Pahar in Nagaland, jawans asked Antony to ensure that they were "given new pair of shoes more frequently", that is every year instead of the existing practice of every 26 months.
That's not all, on the footwear front. The Army is also going to soon introduce new combat boots, which will allow soldiers to function with greater efficiency in different types of weather and terrain. "In tune with the endeavour to provide the best available equipment to soldiers, the Army is going in for sports shoes, based on current design and technology available in the market, as well as specially-designed combat boots," said an officer on Monday.
The defence ministry, in recent years, has been focusing on providing better rations and gear to soldiers, especially to those posted in forward and counter-insurgency areas. "The new combat boots, for instance, will be more durable, flexible and light-weight than the existing heavy boots," he said.
Incidentally, this comes in the backdrop of defence minister A K Antony being stumped by an unusual request by jawans during his visit to North-East in February. At the 3 Corps HQs in Ranga Pahar in Nagaland, jawans asked Antony to ensure that they were "given new pair of shoes more frequently", that is every year instead of the existing practice of every 26 months.
