US Army Pilot Aircrew Cold Climate Survival Kit Type A2 Saw Knife Shovel Assembly

.The type A-2 Saw-Knife-shovel assembly is equipped with a removable handle which may be attached to either the saw-knife or the shovel. The saw-knife has one edge with saw-type teeth and the opposite side has a formed knife edge. The saw-knife portion of the assembly can be used for cutting small trees or limbs, cutting holes in ice for fishing or when dressing game. The shovel may be used to shovel snow when building a snow shelter, making rescue signals in snow covered clear areas and other uses as recommended in the survival manual