Talk:Entrenching tool

That's not a reference, that's hand-waving.

"" While I suspect, very strongly, that I wouldn't wanna be hit by a sharpened shovel, this isn't an actual reference to anything.Anmccaff (talk) 17:44, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

References

Correct spelling is Intrenching

The correct wording of this device is an "intrenching tool," as verified by the current manufacturer of the device for the U.S. Army. http://www.kippertool.com/military-issue-intrenching-tool-foldable-shovel-black.html

I've never heard that before in my life. Just like i've never heard of Intangle, Ingage, or Inclose. But what do I know, i'm not the current manufacturer for the Army. --Converting to insanity (talk) 08:01, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Necroposting with nothing to add, but just backing this up should anyone see it and decide to change it, it is also listed as "Intrenching" under US Army OCIE paperwork. https://goguardok.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/OCIE-UNIT-GUIDE_ver2.0.pdf. I must say its weird that we still call it an E-tool despite this.

I'm sure someone could make a very interesting yt video about archaic spellings using "In" for "En," but I reckon the reasoning it is listed as that today for the Army is a remnant of when "In" variants were more common in American English, or perhaps English at large, and the concept of an issued entrenching tool entered military logistics. Cursory searching seems to back this up, as the easiest quotes of "Intrench" I can find seem to be from books of a military nature dating throughout the 1800s. I suppose the prefix simply got simplified as time went on, but I digress. ~2026-33265-97 (talk) 00:18, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

redundant articles

theres no polish version for this article while there is a equivalent one under a different name "saperka" that also is in a few other languages it would probably make sense to have these merged if possible since both refer to mostly the exact same thing Notmedic2 (talk) 23:09, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

That doesn't sound like a merge, just like linking en:Entrenching tool to pl:Saperka. That's a basic edit at Wikidata.

The trouble is that these articles are already (somewhat) linked, but German Wikipedia has two articles, one at de:Feldspaten and the other at de:Schanzzeug. We'd have to decide how to link around those first. If you speak German, then maybe ask the German Wikipedia people what they see as the difference, and whether those articles should be merged? Andy Dingley (talk) 00:10, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

i didnt know the proper term so thanks for correcting me

unfortunately i dont know german Notmedic2 (talk) 21:30, 8 February 2025 (UTC)