Military Surplus Shovels from Around the World

[@edreguera2739]

You didn't mention it but the folding shovels can be locked down with the blade at a 90 degree angle to the handle allowing it to be used as a pick.

[@trevorpearce4532]

Ed Reguera helps to be on your knees instead of being bent over imo

[@M21Karl]

It's been a long long time but I seem to remember always using the e-tool as a pick while kneeling or prone and rarely if ever using the e-tool as a shovel while standing. It also worked best for me to put the shovel blade toward the outside of the carrier and the flat handle part toward the alice clips. We also tied everything down with boot laces where the alice clips connected to the pistol belt and used a full length boot lace to tie off each canteen so you could get a drink without untying it and just wrap the lace around the kneck of the canteen. Also a full length boot lace was tied to the handle of the e-tool as well so you could use it while still being tied to the pistol belt or you could untie the boot lace from the shovel handle if it got in the way. At least nothing got lost that way.

[@edreguera2739]

@@trevorpearce4532 I agree, mine is an older model with a wooden handle and heavy duty metal blade.

[@tom_olofsson]

The huge benefit of the folding shovels is the ability to dig a hole while prone. No need to stand up while under fire to dig a hasty defensive hole.

[@johnqpublic2718]

Something tells me you may have experience with that. Possibly in SE Asia?

[@tom_olofsson]

Luke B Not me personally. I am a lawyer and we read a lot.

[@johnqpublic2718]

@@tom_olofsson my sisters are lawyers... I know about the reading quantities. And the alcohol consumption for a lot of them. I myself went a different route

[@tom_olofsson]

Luke B There are other things in life. I tell people thinking about law school, "if you have a burning desire to be a lawyer, if you feel like you will be a failure in life unless you are a lawyer, then go. Do not do it for money because most lawyers are not wealthy. Do not do it for community respect because many people hate lawyers. Otherwise get a real job and produce something. Or get a job you love." Good on you Luke.

[@JohnW-yv6yp]

My dad still has the old US military shovel that Grandpa brought back from his time in the Korean war. He’s bought one or 2 other folding shovels over the years and the’ve broken, the old war shovel still works perfect, handle isn’t cracked, locks up tight. Dad still uses it whenever a short shovel is needed for work.

[@bryanmontgomery996]

To be technical, any tool designed to dig in soil is a spade. A shovel is a tool used to move loose material like grain or coal and the working ends are usually much wider and deeper like a scoop.

[@shojus]

Never thought I'd be watching a video on shovels... 😁

[@bev8200]

Crowbar's

[@davepercy4953]

@@bev8200 àààá

[@SquashGuy02134]

I was thinking about war hammers, then my mind went to war shovels and now the sun is coming up.

[@renaissancemarinetv3536]

when Col. Christmas took over as C.O. of 3rd Marine Regiment in the 80s he had supply replace all the modern e-tools with the old WW2 wooden handled etools because he was convinced they were better weapons in close combat. true story.

[@RevolutionIsTheOnlySolution]

Pretty sure the first and second ones are used by all NATO members because i have a British army surplus one exactly the same. They are called entrenching tools or e-tools

[@RedIron1066]

Keep a WW2 style in my pickup toolbox. Chopping thistles, digging down enough to get a jack under something, countless uses, and an excellent piece of gear! Keep another one in the swather for clearing out dirt from coyote dens and gopher mounds when cutting hay. Mine are painted bright orange so they don’t get lost as easily.

[@tjenahoj]

That swedish shovel have an aluminum "snowblade" attachment that might be what those holes are for.

[@c.r.5106]

That's exactly what the holes are for, attaching the snow extension.

[@brianwade8649]

My guess was to use as a tie point when used as a tent stake.

[@darcyking14]

As a plumber I normally use rigid long handle. But those little shovels come in handy so much!!!

[@jimssurvival4994]

Very cool my dad fought in WW2 neat to see the shovels he may have used

[@inregionecaecorum]

I have had a variety of folding shovels, some of them more heavy duty than others. I keep a copy of the US folding shovel in the back of my car because it is very compact, but wouldn't use it for hard work, just to clear any mud or snow away if I get stuck. Best way to dig with a short handled shovel is to kneel on the ground, your back will thank you.

[@jeremycrowe234]

Man your soil there is nice and soft looking. Here in Indiana are soil has tons of clay and is hard and heavy.

[@leestephenson4952]

Appreciate and really enjoyed. Another much used utilitarian surplus item that could be will served by a comprehensive review is the wool blanket. Forums and review sections are full of confusion and frustration. 🤷‍♂️ Thanks

[@jghboyes5522]

The reason that you see "round shovels" as we in the UK called the pointed blades, is entirely down to the British military having to shift rubble, rocks 7 stony soils. Square shoves would jar against the hard stones through which they where expected to penetrate. I have experienced using both round and square shoves with a large rubble filled pond which needed new pipework fitted. The round shovels reduced the backbreaking stresses dramatically and increased overall productivity dramatically, cutting down what was taking weeks to 3 days in total

[@1904Comics]

You can add attachments to the swedish shovel, that's what the holes are for

[@mannys9130]

Oh boy, I'd probably break those folding E-tools trying to dig in our Sonoran Desert clay dirt. It'll take you an hour to dig a 2 feet deep hole. 🤣 I was jealous watching that soft Carolina dirt moving easily.

[@halfcantan1208]

That is some gun rack bloody hell you got more guns than I have knives and forks and spoons

[@cdncampcook8680]

Posting from Canada! Shovels are essential edc for vehicles year round. The shovels in your video look rock solid. Cheers!

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

You can lock the US E tool at a different angle and turn it into a makeshift pick ax when digging a hole you use the pickaxe to bust up the dirt then have another guy scooping up and filling the sandbag with the loose soil saves time and doesn't wear your men out as quickly

[@wlessfanable]

On the Swedish model, the holes are for a cord/rope long enough to go around the neck and makes snow a lot easier.

[@wjf213]

Oh great...now there's going to be 513 people saying if you get your shovel cord caught on some thing, you will choke to death.....cause you know.......just last year CDC reported over 5,803,714 shovel cord strangulations world wide. It's so bad the democRATS are putting shovels with holes on the ban list....to save the children.

[@wlessfanable]

@@wjf213 ...AND the environment! Let us not forget that oh-so-precious environment which has survived volcanoes, asteroid impacts, solar radiation, and illegal cow farts from California. #snowflakelivesmatter

[@wlessfanable]

@@wjf213 On a more serious note, I should have shouted out to IAWoodsman for demonstrating this on a CS SF shovel. But you didnt hear that from me.

[@janarkblad5935]

Ni they are not. Its for attaching an aluminium snowblade

[@wlessfanable]

@@janarkblad5935 'Just going off of what another YTbr demonstrated, bro. It works all ways.

[@BacktotheOutdoors]

So cool. Looking forward to relaxing and watching this later. Thanks!

[@baroneb5043]

SlyGuy gay

[@50shadesoffde11]

I ve been waiting for this buddy!

[@seannewhouse1943]

I like those multi-purpose ones like the shovels with the axes on them and stuff with anything gotten it should be

[@robert574]

Good video. Someone probably said this already, but I saw another video and there's an aluminum add on piece for the rounded T handle Swedish shovel that fits the flat lip around the edge and those 2 holes to make it into a wide snow shovel.

[@LUCNUKEM]

If you've ever had to actually dig a hole big enough to fit yourself with an e-tool, you'd understand how much it truly sucks to use.

[@apegrasshoplizard]

Have had with worse...

[@warrenmichael918]

if you were in a situation that actually required you to dig a hole for survival, 1. You would be so happy to have that shovel 2. I bet you would be digging at world record speed with it too !

[@LUCNUKEM]

@@warrenmichael918 yeah but the vast majority of the time someone needs a shovel, they're not in immediate danger of dying. As a shovel to keep in your car or back pack, the e-tool sucks compared to just about any other shovel.

[@vincelett4320]

The biggest I’ve dug were narrow and only 4ft deep max for the passing of several large beloved pets. I grew up around many gravediggers and to this day, when people talk about a hard days work, I immediately think of that huge hole and those men using only a shovel and pick. It was always 1 man working by himself and usually in the evening or very early morning when it was cooler.

[@TheBetterManInBlack]

I was issued one of those US wooden handled e-tools when I first enlisted. Mine had a fold down pick as well.

[@debsmith8936]

SP great video, keep it coming, appreciate useful ideas 🙏🌺🌴

[@johnqpublic2718]

Why am I thoroughly enjoying a video about shovels? I know I'm old, have kids, and am crotchety, but dang.

[@MrMigido]

When using a reproduction shovel, does a reproduction hole still function like a non reproduction hole?

[@BooRadley452]

You have to use the regulatory chart. Everyone knows that.

[@wlessfanable]

Only if you dont speak Chinese.

[@FishTheJim]

A non-reproduction hole as opposed to a production hole.

[@liolp808]

This comment is way too sexual.

[@crazysciencechannel78]

The 70s west german shovel is Even better than the old US one

[@KRN762]

You belong on the Home Shopping Network Sooch!

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Have you ever done an inventory just on how many firearms, knives, tools, etc you got on hand?

[@mannys9130]

Probably, but there is no way he'd even hint at the correct figures to anyone here. 😸

[@gjnezat]

You should dig a fighting position, to include overhead cover, using the shovels. Must be done to standard. Then you could include using surplus axes and saws

[@darkwater482]

I know this was a sportsman’s guide promotion but if you are going small and short, you can’t beat the Cold Steel, spetznaz shovel. It’s rock solid. It can dig a hole or chop down a tree. It can even be thrown like a tomahawk.

[@topsecretbear9918]

Pros fold the etool into a pick. Chopping is many times faster than digging. That is the way its designed to be used as well. chop chop chop.

[@ryanfirst9761]

We got on our knees, put the shovel in a L shape, and used it like a Mattock first. Then we scooped the loose dirt. Your red clay seems a lot softer than what I have in Winnsboro.

[@timothyfanney7260]

Hey Sootch, video recommendation. Would love to see a scenario vid using some preps to work through it. Example could be something as simple as the power going out at night and you working through it the next day, 3 days, week at the house. Even up to the bugging out phase. Could do a series. Maybe a scenario working through a get home using your get home bag. Maybe break the series up to the first day, 3 days, week, etc. More of an application type video as the scenario plays out instead of a bunch of cool gear and supplies that we may need for an emergency. Would love to see it all come together to fill in the holes of my family’s preparedness. Have a great year to all!

[@ratroddiesels1981]

we enjoyed this programme. thank you for your time and effort. ; ]

[@jamesparlane9289]

the full length 2 pack is the best. If you have to dig you have to dig fast

[@stewarttrains98]

Can buy the newer molle pouches as they have the web straps on the case. Has a good sturdy plastic buckle.

[@gamalgeorge5454]

I served in former Yugoslavian army, we had both types of those folding shovels. We preferred older type better (even if it rubbed unpleasantly against ones leg while marching). It has feature to open half way so it makes a hoe and you can swing it and cope with hard terrain or to make clearing surface of grass or debris easier and faster. Also that saw is pretty much useless.

[@dandetande288]

Sportsmanguide should be sued for false advertising!! I bought a some stuff from their website and it was not what was in the description, and if you want to return them you will have to pay for that, so yeah...dont recomand sportsmanguide!!!!

[@eltenda]

Great selection and video!

[@patrickmurphy9115]

You have a lot of roots on your ground.

[@sqwk2559]

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[@nmr6988]

@patrick murphy, that's the curse of the Carolinas and of Georgia where I live. Can't did a hole unless you water the ground overnight and even then there are so many tree roots you need axe to chop through them...

[@mannys9130]

@@nmr6988 *laughs in Tucsonan*

[@RepublicofTX]

mannys9130 laughs in West Texan.......can’t dig rock with a shovel

[@patrickmurphy9115]

@@RepublicofTX Thank you but that is true, I know what it's like from Ireland we have lots of rocks...heather....roots... etc.

[@michaelshaley4356]

The US M-1945 version was pretty cool.

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

I have a couple of those. One the aluminum threaded collar is seized in the open position.

[@georgez234]

Sootch, those short folding shovels are entrenching tools. They'e short and folding so a soldier can A-) carry it, B-) use it as a close quarters weapon and C-) fold it in the 90 degree position to dig a foxhole or trench for concealment while lying prone instead of standing up under fire like a 6 foot tall bullet magnet. The long handled ones are farmers and construction workers tools and useless for fighting men.

[@christopherpaige406]

Done dug one heck of a "poopin hole" or bout to plant a tree.

[@TheoreticalCyclist]

I have the foldable NATO style in my car. I think it is a must have tool. The US and German is the same NATO style.

[@geraldmiller8973]

what about the older US folder with the pick on it?

[@johnr.1749]

Luckily mine was stored open in the trunk because it now won't fold back. It will keep the rust till the end.

[@marcog.182]

Great video there.

[@theforgottenbrawlers]

Thanks.

[@nmr6988]

@Sootch00, you worked hard on this video 😄! Now line that hole with a big sheet of plastic and you've got a nice weapons cache.

[@AlpenGlowLighting]

Once they get rusty almost impossible to get that collar folded back up!

[@samfoster709]

The holes on the face of the swedish reproduction shovel are for a lanyard, to carry it while folded.

[@Robyrob7771]

Dug a few foxholes with a E-tool back in the day👍🏻 It can be done!

[@LosPeregrinos51]

"No officer, I just like digging holes in remote parts of the forest. Body? Nope, I ain't got no body to get rid of, honest!"

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Very interesting video of shovels around the world, Sootch00 !!!!!!!!!! I like the German shovel style the most. As always long live the republic my friend !!!!!!!!

[@unprofor9394]

Happy New Year, Sir. Likes all of Your's videos! Please excuse My bad English languange and grammatics... Anyway; Best Wishes from Norway, Sir! BIG thumbs up!😀👍

[@roquemainecoon8046]

What about can openers

[@paigeproffitt4488]

💚💚💚

[@nickprague1481]

These surplus shovels are usually better quality than the new Chinese stuff sold today

[@buckshot4428]

I have a short shovel from Europe probably made in the 50's or 60's. Pretty darn robust.

[@martinj221]

Hello to you . Coming from Sweden and just thinking of informing you that there is an accessory for the Swedish Army Shovel, A snow blade. That's how it looks. @t

[@GenericBrandDan]

Stay firsty my friends....

[@Minuteman4Jesus]

I like Glock's trenching tool/shovel. Handle contains a saw.

[@bestfailsbomb1744]

Check the usst army shovel. They sell it on ebay. Thats uniq. Check the utub how to use it in diff situations. And you can throw it as weapon. You probably have to be out of ammo and knifes, but still ))

[@bestfailsbomb1744]

Ussr

[@richardspence3447]

Good Video

[@goingsouth2156]

I live in East 10EC.......Stop by, I got some trees to be planted!

[@Oldcoinsandstuff1]

Great,,,now I have to fill in this giant hole I dug lol

[@cephasmartin8593]

Dang! Mil-surp shovels have really jumped in price since I bought several.

[@viciousKev]

Beware the man with 100 guns and 40 shovels

[@BooRadley452]

Gonna need something to scrape the fan off....

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

The M41 US shovels is best

[@geraldcagney5926]

A rifle collection Burt Gummer would approve!!!!!!!

[@not-a-theist8251]

Flecktarn😁. Why does it make me so happy when people use german words

[@marko11kram]

LOL KZbin gets shovels------ Full30 gets a cool bullpup shotgun. Fitting somehow

[@xc8487]

Cold steel now has a longer handled spetsnaz shovel with an improved head.

[@bootmender]

When are you going to do a comparison of toilet paper?

[@lanedexter6303]

That OD rubber case for the U.S. shovel will hold the more advanced Glock entrenching tool.

[@bev8200]

Used to want the Glock shovel but they don't sale it anymore

[@godzilla80192]

Or go to lowes.

[@mohdzaudikhasni8829]

Sir you missing cold steel brand.. they have short and long handle too.. anyway great review sir..

[@robjord328]

Czech army field shovel looks different. This is regular shovel, not field soldier shovel ;-)

[@outdoorgentleman6236]

I really enjoy your videos, thanks for what you do. Have you seen or read any about the United Nations looking to hire people for the purpose of disarming AMERICAN CITIZENS? trying to find out in their job posting is legitimate. Thanks

[@squirlboy250]

send me some of that red dirt like 5gal bucket worth

[@glennkoenig6078]

Lmao, didn't see the shovels until several minutes into the video, all I saw was rifles. Admittedly, I am a bit naive coming from ultra liberal NJ, haha, glad to see our Constitutional freedoms are still being applied, lol.

[@titusjonasneffe]

nice

[@Scarywoody]

Surprised you didn't include Glock ETool.

[@baroneb5043]

Cold Steel Spetsnaz Shovel blows all that trash away

[@bev8200]

It's a shovel dude

[@wcoonradt264]

I noticed that your thumbnail has a little red lock on it. Then I noticed it on all the thumbnails for people and channels I watch....does it mean you are demonitized? It seems like everyone that produces meaningful content and not the nonsensical bs that finds it's way on my feed....just wondered

[@MrHowieZ1973]

Whats wrong with your dirt? lol, Red dirt

[@SuperUncleRyan]

He's not even in Georgia or Louisiana. You should see it there.

[@MrHowieZ1973]

@@Isaac556x45 Yes I know. I was joking around. Here in Indiana, the dirt is brown and black.

[@timm1139]

@@MrHowieZ1973 well, Hi fellow Hoosier!

[@MrHowieZ1973]

@@timm1139 Hello Hoosier :)

[@markpoore3260]

A shovel is to much like work. Lol

[@blackhawkinternationalsecu6962]

This video really sucks. It reminded me how to use a shovel. LOL

[@ThierryDeOliveiraBR]

You lacked to show military chinese shovels. This shovels are the most usefull.

[@zunelotoo4938]

Stop using out video , We will report you , mislead peopel

[@chaloopy]

I hate it when guys review pieces of kit that they haven't spent any field time with.... you remind me of knife reviewers