Redback Boots is an Australian

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manufacturing company, owned by the Cloros family. It specializes in lightweight

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, and has been a supplier of the

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, with its "Terra" boot at times being standard issue. Since 2000, the

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, primarily uses the Redback Terra Combat Boot as a replacement for the Vietnam War-era General Purpose

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s. It was given a limited number of tests in 1999, and was later distributed in 2000.

Criticism

Despite the boot's general aptitude for the tasks which the ADF had first put it in place for, it still had major flaws. 90% of all negative feedback from soldiers was about its inappropriate sizing, having only 43 different sizes. Many also claimed that its sole would rot under worst-case tropical circumstances. Various military personnel have also used

Rossi Boots Rossi Boots is a South Australian boot manufacturer founded in 1910. The business headquarters is in Kilburn, South Australia. Rossi Boots has made boots in offshore factories for a wide range of people, industries and uses. It has a vast ne ...

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