WTF is a SPETNAZ shovel?

**Neildo** · Posted On: 12/14/2006 2:13pm

Melvin is my new hero. God-damn thats an awesome story.

**bricco** · Posted On: 12/14/2006 2:19pm

Cool! I digg it!

Eh eh eh...

**Dr. Sleepless** · Posted On: 12/14/2006 7:50pm

Originally Posted by bricco

Cool! I digg it!

Eh eh eh...

lol.

NEG REP! :|

Just kidding. That was silly.

**Red Elvis** · Posted On: 12/14/2006 7:53pm

Originally Posted by Don Gwinn

Every military's soldiers use shovels and entrenching tools ("E-Tools") as improvised weapons.

The Spetznaz people supposedly sharpened theirs, creating sort of a three-way battle axe, but I've never heard evidence that the shovel was modified or "balanced" for throwing.

Sharpening an E-Tool has always been rumored among American troops for as long as e-tools have been issued.

Word of caution party people... a sharpend e-tool can cut your ass during a good ****.

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**robin2chris** · Posted On: 3/30/2007 8:33am

fyi- bought a cold steel spetsnaz shovel at yard sale. previous owner told me it wasnt sharp from factory. apparently some people hunt themselves or whatever and now cold steel wont sell a pre-sharpened model. at least thath what i was told. makes a good camping tool.

also there is a website (spetsnaz-gru) that has clips of guys fighting with those shovels. and i think even throwing them.

**Antifa** · Posted On: 3/30/2007 9:24am

Originally Posted by robin2chris

fyi- bought a cold steel spetsnaz shovel at yard sale. previous owner told me it wasnt sharp from factory. apparently some people hunt themselves or whatever and now cold steel wont sell a pre-sharpened model. at least thath what i was told. makes a good camping tool.

also there is a website (spetsnaz-gru) that has clips of guys fighting with those shovels. and i think even throwing them.

http://www.spetsnaz-gru.com/questions.htm#4. this site?

**robin2chris** · Posted On: 3/30/2007 9:40am

the www.spetsnaz-gru.com part sound right. checked it out a while back when everybody was making such a fuss about russian martial arts.

**TEA** · Posted On: 3/30/2007 1:06pm

Those are some funny video clips.

**Buzkashi** · Posted On: 4/01/2007 9:12pm

Screw a buncha ruskie, shovels. Though they are bad-ass, I'll take any Russian on with my Vietnamese Tomahawk...

I can throw it too, I can split the nuts of the side of their face with a good swipe.

Me and my Cold Steel; Nam' replica Hawk' > some cab driving ex-ruskie slob and his shovel!