SMALL TACTICAL ENGINEERING SHOVEL Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A01B1/02 

FIELD: trench tools.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a wearable trench tool. A small tactical engineering shovel consists of a metal pentagonal blade 18 cm wide and 16 cm high, connected to a double-wing long-lever handle-pencil case 34 cm long with the possibility of fixing the blade in the working and carrying positions, respectively, when the blade forms one straight line with the handle-pencil case and when the canvas is pressed against the surface of the handle-pencil case. The handle-case is made in the form of a hollow cylindrical product, the lower part of which is equipped with a screw cap, with the possibility of storing a mine probe, a small-sized mine grapnel and TNT demolition slabs; it has the possibility of dividing into two halves along the long axis of the cylinder when the screw cap is loosened and removed. At the same time, inside the handle-case, the outer surface of which is made ribbed, there is a mechanism for pliers-nippers, the handles of which are halves of the handle-case, and the mine probe is made of metal with the possibility of extension from the handle-case with the possibility of fixing in the extended position. A hole in the shape of a number eight is made in the centre of the blade, which ensures the passage of the barrel of the assault rifle, and the edges of the front and side faces of the blade are sharpened, and four triangular holes are made in the side corners of the blade, allowing the functions of a nail puller to be realized.

EFFECT: small tactical engineering shovel provides an increase in the protection of the user of the shovel from hitting the head and chest with bullets and shrapnel during combat operations.

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