I`m in the process of painting a British Rifle Platoon(Late War) by Battlefront and have noticed half the platoon have either a large spade or pick axe on their back. Nothing unusual about about that but on looking for pictures of greater detail they seem hard to find
There are plenty of artist pictures on the net but if you look for black and white genuine photos I can only find one image of British troops carrying large spades and pick axes and that's for fighting in built up areas.
I`m no expert and hopefully somebody on here is but I thought British troops carried the entrenching tool which is what the small wooden pole is hanging off the bottom of the webbing ?
If your already lugging this
and a few spare heads(shovel,axe & pick) why add a giant pick axe ?
Would of been better to leave the large pick axe or spade as an option to glue on if needed
Anybody else noticed this ?