Combat Pants - Double Zipper

[AKa]

Just curious. Does anyone know why we have that double zipper in combat pants? Is the purpose something I wouldn't discern because I'm a woman? It makes no sense to me.

It's also annoying. Once again, I have been treated to extra ventilation because I absent-mindedly pulled up the wrong part of the zipper. Thank goodness the combat shirts are long so it isn't obvious to the world.

This question has been niggling at me for literally years. So how about it? Does someone in this collective have the answer?

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Just curious. Does anyone know why we have that double zipper in combat pants? Is the purpose something I wouldn't discern because I'm a woman? It makes no sense to me.

It's also annoying. Once again, I have been treated to extra ventilation because I absent-mindedly pulled up the wrong part of the zipper. Thank goodness the combat shirts are long so it isn't obvious to the world.

This question has been niggling at me for literally years. So how about it? Does someone in this collective have the answer?

In FFO, it is harder to unzip from the top than from the bottom when nature calls. Bottom zipper has helped me many a time in that regard.

 

[OldSolduer]

In FFO, it is harder to unzip from the top than from the bottom when nature calls. Bottom zipper has helped me many a time in that regard.

Not only that - with kit on like web gear etc the bottom up makes more sense

 

[KevinB]

Twice the chance to run the tracks over something…

 

[dapaterson]

Twice the chance to run the tracks over something…

Frank and Beans!

 

[brihard]

Twice the chance to run the tracks over something…

Oof, I felt that.

 

[Staff Weenie]

Frank and Beans!

How did you get the beans above the frank???

 

[KevinB]

Oof, I felt that.

My work here is done.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Twice the chance to run the tracks over something…

Hence the real reason for the issue leatherman.

You have pliers

 

[brihard]

Hence the real reason for the issue leatherman.

You have pliers

I felt that one too.

 

[ueo]

I felt that one too.

World rapidly going to hell and you are worried about zipper functionality???

 

[brihard]

World rapidly going to hell and you are worried about zipper functionality???

You tell me the world event that could be happening where getting your dick caught in a zipper isn’t still a catastrophe.

If anything, the collapse of democratic norms, economic recession, and threats to sovereignty only up the need to be able to piss in an austere environment without risking the integrity of the twig and giggleberries. To say nothing of the need to keep everything in working order in case we need to repopulate.

 

[AKa]

World rapidly going to hell and you are worried about zipper functionality???

I would argue that discussing / making jokes about something low-stakes is better for mental health. All I can do to influence the big issues is express myself to my elected representatives, vote according to my beliefs, and support the causes in which I believe.

I have mingled sympathy and amusement for the tribulations of masculine personal equipment. And I am glad to now know why I have to deal with the stupid zipper

 

[KevinB]

I would argue that discussing / making jokes about something low-stakes is better for mental health. All I can do to influence the big issues is express myself to my elected representatives, vote according to my beliefs, and support the causes in which I believe.

I have mingled sympathy and amusement for the tribulations of masculine personal equipment. And I am glad to now know why I have to deal with the stupid zipper

Beware though, the teeth on the zipper are sharp and they are not sexist, they will try to take skin out of both man and woman alike.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Beware though, the teeth on the zipper are sharp and they are not sexist, they will try to take skin out of both man and woman alike.

.......and flesh.

 

[dapaterson]

Beware though, the teeth on the zipper are sharp and they are not sexist, they will try to take skin out of both man and woman alike.

Though it would be unusual for a single zipper to do so to both simultaneously.

 

[KevinB]

Though it would be unusual for a single zipper to do so to both simultaneously.

I have a story from a brief period in Shilo where I hooked up with a female MP - but the zipper was nothing compared to the poison oak and sumac.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

I have a story from a brief period in Shilo where I hooked up with a female MP - but the zipper was nothing compared to the poison oak and sumac.

Sick parade in Meaford. Seeing a female scratching their crotch and the guy behind with the facial rash.

 

[Blackadder1916]

I was involved (clinically) only once with a significant "zipper related penile injury" (ZIRPI) though I have, on rare occasion, felt the nip of the zip. In the case of the individual who came seeking aid while I was the duty medic, "going commando" was a contributing factor to the accident.

Shedding one's gitch, whether for comfort or fashion, is not unheard of in military circles. A lot of us have probably gone through that phase even back when wear of undergarments was (technically) not optional.

Why troops are going commando

Many service members support the freedom of going au naturel.

www.militarytimes.com

Beware though, the teeth on the zipper are sharp and they are not sexist, they will try to take skin out of both man and woman alike.

Rare, very rare.

Zip-related genital injury - PMC

To describe the epidemiology of genital injuries caused by trouser zips and to educate both consumers and the caregivers of patients who sustain such injuries. The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a dataset validated to provide a ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Zip injuries rarely involved any other genital organ than the penis. The next most common organ involved was the scrotum, which was involved in <1% of all zip injuries. Zip injuries in females were exceedingly rare, with five actual cases reported during the 9-year study period. Four of the five injuries were to the labia during zip closure. The other injury was the result of a zip element acting as a foreign body within the vagina. The scarcity of injuries of the female genitalia made generating national estimates unreliable.

https://www.consultant360.com/articles/zipper-related-penis-injuries-medical-concern-modern-day-men

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Lots of the guys in the Regiment went commando. Single and married. Maybe long johns in the winter, depending.

I have a story about guys being commando and the Brigade Commander's Inspection. Maybe another day.