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Stalingrad was known for it's vicious close combat. When weapons ran dry soldiers took whatever means they had to continuing fighting. One of the most popular melee weapons would be entrenching tools with sharpened edges. Heavily favored by the Germans during infantry assaults. This is a simple weapon that both sides used is close combat.

German Entrenching Tool




Soviet Entrenching Tool


It would have 2 types of attacks. A tpyical swinging motion to slice and a alternate attack to bludgeon enemies with the face of the shovel.