Hello, i would like to ask about german entrenching tool in eastern front during world war 2. According to what were they issued? Why some soldiers carried Klappspaten and some Kleines Schanzzeug?
Thanks in advance!
german entrenching tool
Re: german entrenching tool
The german so-called german "Feldspaten":
Link: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspaten
From old (soldiers...) stories, I remember, that the field spade was also used as a so-called "close combat spade", in both world wars.
Supposedly, the sides of the spade were sharpened to wound enemies as badly as possible in close combat, or even to kill them with a single blow of the spade.
More is not known to me about it, I refrain from further speculations, I myself have never seen a sharpened old field spade, let alone, had one in my own hands...
Hans1906
Link: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspaten
From old (soldiers...) stories, I remember, that the field spade was also used as a so-called "close combat spade", in both world wars.
Supposedly, the sides of the spade were sharpened to wound enemies as badly as possible in close combat, or even to kill them with a single blow of the spade.
More is not known to me about it, I refrain from further speculations, I myself have never seen a sharpened old field spade, let alone, had one in my own hands...
Hans1906
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