Shovel 1984 Steel Special Forces Shovel with Wood Handle

The small infantry shovel (MPL-50) is a small infantry shovel, 50 centimeters long, wearable trencher tool of the rank and file of the Red Army and the Armed Forces of the USSR. It is designed to self-dig (detach) a single trench under the enemy's fire, is an engineer's weapon (soldier, sergeant), can also be used for camouflage, overcoming artificial obstacles on the battlefield, as cold weapons, used in hand-to-hand combat and cooking As a frying pan. At one time, with the emergence and adoption of the armed forces of almost all leading states, had an impact on the military art. At different times it was called: Linnemann's infantry shovel (Den Linnemannske Spade (M.1870)), a trench shovel, a small shovel infantry, a portable shovel. Widely known and common is the non-statutory name of the Small Infantry Shovel - a sapper blade or a skirt. Small infantry shovels usually work lying, kneeling or sitting, depending on the situation. A small infantry shovel, at the beginning of the work,