Austrian Feldschuh 'Paratrooper' Boots

With Soviet occupation over, fledgling Austria was in an extremely precarious position.The Soviet promise of independence was tenuous at best, and Austrian territory sat on major invasion routes between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. There was almost no likelihood of an unprovoked invasion from NATO, but if the Soviets decided to push to the river Rhine Austria would be a stepping stone. In this scenario, there was no doubt that NATO would counter attack. If the Bundesheer could last 7 days, there would be enough time for the French Army to reinforce the German border with Austria. But if the soviets rolled through in less than a week, NATO would be forced to use tactical nuclear weapons in Austria. In 1975 the Bundesheer overhauled their 1950s WWII era equipment with the Anzug 75 system. The Anzug 75 uniform was well made and borrowed heavily from successful western designs like the US M65 jacket.But the runaway star of the show was undoubtedly the boots.Derived from the American 'Russet'