When it comes to multi-functional military secondary weapons, you may immediately think of the Swiss Army Knife, which is called a universal knife. named. The basic tools of the Swiss Army Knife are often: ballpoint pens, toothpicks, scissors, flat knives, can openers, screwdrivers, tweezers, etc.
However, today's protagonist is not it. What I want to talk about today is a Chinese engineering shovel that you have never paid attention to. It is an "artifact" with 18 functions invented by the People's Liberation Army. The first thing you need to understand is "the functions of the Swiss Army Knife. It has all the functions that the Swiss Army Knife does not have, and our engineer shovel also has it!"
First, let's introduce its most basic functions: shovel, pickaxe, and saw.
When working in the field, the engineer shovel can be said to be omnipotent, digging soil, cutting trees, and shoveling sand are all done by it. Since it is named "shovel", it naturally functions as a shovel. Turn the front end of the shovel to bend it at 90 degrees, and it can be used as a shovel. Needless to say, it is more durable than the shovels used by rural people. Long. The right side of the shovel is serrated and is used for functions such as sawing wood.
The earliest use of these functions of the engineer shovel was during the Anti-Japanese War, it was used in guerrilla warfare and tunnel warfare. The later Republic used military strategies such as preparing for war and famine, digging deep holes and accumulating grain all over the country, and carried out a large number of underground bunker construction projects. A very common long wooden handle shovel.
The second major function: cut, open, cut.
The right side of the engineer shovel is sharpened, and it is usually used for cutting, cutting and chopping, whether it is small enough to cut vegetables or large enough to fight. As I mentioned just now, the other side of it is serrated, and the tail of the serrated surface also has a bottle opener function, which can be used to open the usual bottled supplies.
The third major function: cooking.
Yes, you read that right, this is the biggest highlight of the engineer shovel, and it is also the most wonderful function. Soldiers in the cooking class often use such a small shovel to cook delicious food. It is this function that makes it an essential product for the PLA to survive in the wild.
Of course, its functions are far more than these, trowel, vise, scissors, tow hook, flying anchor, barrel opener, nail remover, measuring ruler, pipe clamp, hammer, cutter, fastener, wrench, pry off Weapons and other roles are played by engineer shovels.
