Four Bees: Swedish Army Shovel Comparison, Model 1912, - Model 1942, - Model 1942 Post-War, Fältspade, Finnish Winter War Spade Comparison

To finish up my last run of Swedish Army shovels, I thought, "Why not do a comparison?". So I drug out my three spades and lined them up, side-by-side. In addition to the Swedish comparison, I also lined up one of the old Winter War Finland shovels so that we can compare the differences between the Swedish and Finnish, WW2 versions. That photo comparison follows the Swedish photos, so be sure to scroll all the way down.

Model 1942 Post-War, Model 1942, Model 1912

I have covered each of these in previous posts, but if you'd like a quick path to go back and read a bit more in depth, here are the links:

Model 1912
https://sharky-fourbees.blogspot.com/2015/11/swedish-trench-shovel-model-1906-12-i18.html

Model 1942
https://sharky-fourbees.blogspot.com/2019/01/swedish-army-shovel-spade-ww2-1942-1945.html

Model 1942 Post-War Green
https://sharky-fourbees.blogspot.com/2019/01/swedish-army-shovel-spade-post-war.html

Since I've already showed each of these of in detail in the previous posts, I think we'll just get on with the album, and let the photos speak for themselves.

Model 1942 Post-War, Model 1942, Model 1912

Model 1942 Post-War, Model 1912

Now lets take a look at the Finnish shovel next to the Swedish shovel. Both of these are from the WW2 era. You can read more about the Finnish shovel here:
https://sharky-fourbees.blogspot.com/2017/03/finish-army-engineer-sapper-shovel.html