>>1037560Dude, I don't know what the fuck your problem is or why you're such an insufferable cunt.
>I said 100s of years. Trench coats were still in use past the Vietnam war in the US. They're still in use in other nation's services as actual combat gear. Long coats were in use for hundreds of years, not just 100 years ago you dumbfuck.>Historically were not waterproofWhere the fuck are you coming up with this? What are oiled and waxed fabrics?
>Today usually are not waterproofAgain, what kind of fucking world do you live in? Maybe some of the old ones you find in your mom's closet have lost their DWR treatment, but what the fuck are you talking about.
>Inelegant solutionEvery side used them. If they were so inelegant, why did virtually all militaries adopt them. Why the widespread use for so long? Why did soldiers hang on to these ineffective, inelegant coats when they got back? Why did the civilian sector start manufacturing and selling these coats en masse? THEY WERE FUNCTIONAL AND PRACTICAL.
>Dusters provide brush protection to legsWhat are chaps cocksucker?
>Split back and leg strapsSure, some adaptations were made for horseback riding. Otherwise they would be a TRENCH COAT. And you know where people generally ride horses? OUTSIDE. If you can be comfortable in a coat while horseback riding, you can be comfortable being outside and hiking.
I don't even care that much about these fucking coats, but your stupidity enrages me. I don't understand why you hate long coats but seem to have some shitty half baked ideas about their history. My best guess is that you were "that" guy in highschool, who everyone laughed at because he wore a trench. You probly had a fedora too and did quite a few cringy things that you look back on now and hate yourself for. It's not our fault, and it's not the long coat's fault either. So fuck off with your bad attitude and shitty ideas.
