Austrian entrenching tool with pouch, surplus

2025-12-02T15:28:06+02:00

Type: Shovels and E-tools
Price: 29.99

Austrian copy of the US M43 e-tool. Very basic: wooden straight handle, foldable blade. Handy thing, you can lock the blade to different positions. Although the model is 70 years old, this is still a very versatile, good spade.

You just turn the nut clockwise or counter-clockwise to lock the blade to different positions. Very simple. Pro Tip: do not tighten the nut very much, it might be difficult to open when covered in dirt!

Total length in carrying position 55 cm, opened up 70 cm.

Don't know about the place you live in, but here the winter sucks, and it's pretty common to get your car stuck in the snow and/or you'll have to fend off the angry locals. A metal e-tool is a handy thing to have in the trunk - beats digging through the snow and the locals with your hands. Naturally this doesn't mind icy snow either, the blade being steel.

Comes with a rubberized pouch with belt clips on the back. Fits most combat belts and ALICE attachment points.

Used, but in good serviceable condition. As said, the model itself is 70 years old, but these have been made during the Cold War, so you won't get a rusty war relic, but a good usable tool. Normally you'd get a pot metal trinket for this price, but we're talking about a real, proper shovel made for rough use here.