I'll wear sneakers until I die.
I like the M-65 pants better than BDU ones.. They have snaps everywhere instead of buttons, and the top pockets have snaps too. I always lose shit out of BDU top pockets. They also have a button-in liner which is really nice for Canada, and are kind of water resistant.
Unfortunately M65s are becoming unobtanium now... I think they quit issuing them in the mid 80s..? So that figures. You can still find them in woodland, but olive drab is a
pretty rare find now. I guess they probably stopped issuing them earlier.
I found some reproduction ones, but they are straight cotton instead of heavy nylon/cotton... probably weigh a quarter of what the originals do, and I doubt they'll last a quarter as long...