East German Entrenching Tool (Early Version)
After Germany was carved up, the East adopted a lot of Soviet doctrine with their troops, but they never did adopt the Soviet entrenching tools.
This shovel could be confused for a second world war model due to essentially being unchanged from the 1943 design. HOWEVER, we know better and it gives a lot of savings!
These tools are marked with the “BAT” stamp and were likely produced in the early 1960s or late 1950s. You can see by the covers, they kept using second world war kit long after the war ended.
After Germany was carved up, the East adopted a lot of Soviet doctrine with their troops, but they never did adopt the Soviet entrenching tools.
This shovel could be confused for a second world war model due to essentially being unchanged from the 1943 design. HOWEVER, we know better and it gives a lot of savings!
These tools are marked with the “BAT” stamp and were likely produced in the early 1960s or late 1950s. You can see by the covers, they kept using second world war kit long after the war ended.
After Germany was carved up, the East adopted a lot of Soviet doctrine with their troops, but they never did adopt the Soviet entrenching tools.
This shovel could be confused for a second world war model due to essentially being unchanged from the 1943 design. HOWEVER, we know better and it gives a lot of savings!
These tools are marked with the “BAT” stamp and were likely produced in the early 1960s or late 1950s. You can see by the covers, they kept using second world war kit long after the war ended.
