Entrenching tool
（重定向自Entrenching shovel）
![A modern NATO collapsible military entrenching tool manufactured by Fiskars for the United States Marine Corps.](/Images/godic/202501/11/USMC_ETool5143.jpg")
![A Russian MPL-50 (malaja pehotnaja lopata – small infantry spade) entrenching tool similar to the entrenching tools used during World War I and World War II by most armies participating in those conflicts.](/Images/godic/202501/11/MPL-505143.jpg")
![Glock Feldspaten entrenching tool.](/Images/godic/202501/11/Glock_Feldspaten5143.jpg")
An entrenching tool, E-tool, or trenching tool is a collapsible spade used by military forces for a variety of military purposes. Survivalists, freedivers, campers, hikers and other outdoors groups have found it to be indispensable in field use. Modern entrenching tools are usually collapsible and made using steel, aluminum, or other light metals.