The Advantageous Army Footlockers Army is a fighting force that primarily fights on land but it may also include other branches of the army such as air force, navy and field army and all the soldiers need a storage box as efficient and effective as they are, to store their belongings. The name footlockers came to be known because they were a type of locker which was located at the foot of a soldier’s bed or bunk. Army Footlockers are of great importance for the soldiers because of its variety which provides suitability with all the needs of army men. Different types of footlockers are as follows: Trunk: A wooden box, generally much larger than other kinds of luggage. Trunks come in smaller sizes as in the case of footlockers and larger ones called steamers. These days’ trunks are more commonly used for storage than transportation. Items large enough to require a trunk are now usually shipped in transport cases. Crate Footlockers: It is a large wooden container for transporting goods. It can also be defined as a container made of plastic or metal divided into small sections for transporting goods. Steel Trunks: These Metal Trunks guarantee the durability and sustainability of the steel with the wide range of variety such as Camouflage Trunk, Marine Corp Trunk, Regular Steel Trunk, Patriotic (flag)
Trunk, etc. Decorative Trunks: These trunks are designed in such a way that it can imbibe the artistic sense of the user. Different types of decorative trunks are Cedar Trunk, Finished Cedar Trunk, Doll Trunk and Fin. Espresso Cedar Trunk.
Officer Footlockers: These are amongst those footlockers which are of the best shape with metal stripping along all of the corners, edges and leather handles on both sides. Plywood Footlockers: These are the most common type of footlocker used by the U.S. Army. They generally follow similar size and designs, undergoing only minor cosmetic changes in color and materials (from 1â „2-inch-thick (13 mm) plywood to 1 1â „4-inch-thick (32 mm) plywood, depending on war material needs and desire to reduce weight and cost of manufacture and cost of shipping). Hence it can be concluded that these footlockers are planned and designed by paying attention on all the comfort and security measures such as, the corners are reinforced with straps of metal riveted to the locker, and had thick wooden handles on both sides for lifting by hand. After World War II, collapsible metal handles would replace the protruding wooden grips, so that each footlocker occupied less space and could be packed tighter for transportation.