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no single folding mechanism defines the kind.", "questions": [ { "text": "What documented purpose and physical features support classifying this design as an entrenching tool?", "kind": "definition", "id": "field-digging-identity-q01" }, { "text": "What separates this example from a compact garden spade, hand trowel or general-purpose camping shovel?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "field-digging-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "portability-and-working-envelope", "name": "Portability and working envelope", "description": "Records the carried burden and deployed dimensions that constrain field excavation.", "findings": [ { "id": "stowed-and-deployed-envelope", "name": "Stowed and deployed envelope", "description": "Mass and dimensions need explicit configurations and accessory inclusion so portability can be compared meaningfully.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the working length, stowed dimensions and mass, with units and configuration stated?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "stowed-and-deployed-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "Does the available clearance allow the intended digging movement and grip with this deployed configuration?", "kind": "action", "id": "stowed-and-deployed-envelope-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "blade-and-ground-interaction", "name": "Blade and ground interaction", "description": "Connects blade construction to earth penetration, loosening and soil removal.", "rationale": "A portable digging tool must be judged against the actual excavation task, rather than assumed capable wherever soil is present.", "layers": [ { "id": "earthworking-geometry", "name": "Earthworking geometry", "description": "Describes the blade features that contact and move the ground.", "findings": [ { "id": "blade-form-and-load-path", "name": "Blade form and load path", "description": "Blade outline, curvature, edge condition and connection to the shaft provide the physical basis for assessing digging behaviour.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the blade dimensions, profile, curvature and condition of the soil-entry edge?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "blade-form-and-load-path-q01" }, { "text": "Where does the design permit hand or foot force to be applied, and what evidence supports those contact points?", "kind": "action", "id": "blade-form-and-load-path-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "ground-and-task-fit", "name": "Ground and task fit", "description": "Distinguishes ordinary digging from tasks requiring unsupported loads or auxiliary functions.", "findings": [ { "id": "excavation-capability-limits", "name": "Excavation capability limits", "description": "Suitability depends on ground condition and documented use; a toothed or sharpened edge does not by itself establish a rated sawing or chopping capability.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence supports use in the expected loose, cohesive, stony, rooted or frozen ground?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "excavation-capability-limits-q01" }, { "text": "Would the task require levering, striking or cutting beyond the design's documented capabilities?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "excavation-capability-limits-q02" }, { "text": "Which observed ground conditions require changing the task or selecting another tool?", "kind": "action", "id": "excavation-capability-limits-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "deployment-and-working-security", "name": "Deployment and working security", "description": "Represents assembly, articulation, supported positions and secure transmission of digging loads.", "rationale": "Folding and detachable designs introduce configuration-dependent failure points that a generic shovel description would miss.", "layers": [ { "id": "configuration-transitions", "name": "Configuration transitions", "description": "Identifies how an example moves from carried form to an intended working form.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-deployment-sequence", "name": "Supported deployment sequence", "description": "A design may be fixed, folding or detachable; deployment requirements and permitted angular positions must be recorded for the applicable construction.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which joints or detachable connections exist, and which working positions are explicitly supported?", "kind": "definition", "id": "supported-deployment-sequence-q01" }, { "text": "What deployment sequence secures the blade and shaft while keeping fingers clear of closing joints?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-deployment-sequence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "joint-and-lock-readiness", "name": "Joint and lock readiness", "description": "Assesses whether working connections remain secure before digging begins.", "findings": [ { "id": "secure-load-bearing-connections", "name": "Secure load-bearing connections", "description": "Apparent deployment must be distinguished from verified engagement; contamination, wear or damage can affect joint security.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observable indication or instructed check confirms that each working connection is fully secured?", "kind": "action", "id": "secure-load-bearing-connections-q01" }, { "text": "Is there joint play, incomplete engagement, damaged threading or trapped soil that prevents a secure working state?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "secure-load-bearing-connections-q02" }, { "text": "Which connection defects require withdrawal from use under the applicable instructions?", "kind": "action", "id": "secure-load-bearing-connections-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "serviceability-care-and-carry", "name": "Serviceability, care and carry", "description": "Links damage inspection and material-specific maintenance to continued use and protected transport.", "rationale": "Earth contact, wet storage and repeated digging loads can impair both the blade and compacting mechanisms.", "layers": [ { "id": "digging-load-damage", "name": "Digging-load damage", "description": "Examines components and connections for defects relevant to manual excavation.", "findings": [ { "id": "structural-condition-decision", "name": "Structural condition decision", "description": "Serviceability should follow observed blade, shaft, grip and connection condition with design-specific acceptance criteria where available.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are there cracks, permanent bends, loose attachments, grip damage or material deterioration along the load-bearing structure?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "structural-condition-decision-q01" }, { "text": "What inspection criteria justify continued use, a restricted task or withdrawal of this example?", "kind": "action", "id": "structural-condition-decision-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "soil-removal-and-protected-storage", "name": "Soil removal and protected storage", "description": "Covers cleaning, permitted edge care, mechanism maintenance and restraint during carrying.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-specific-care-and-stowage", "name": "Material-specific care and stowage", "description": "Care must account for component materials and mechanism design, while stowage must control exposed edges and unintended movement.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which instructions specify cleaning, drying, lubrication, corrosion protection and any permitted sharpening?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "material-specific-care-and-stowage-q01" }, { "text": "How should soil be removed from hinges, locking surfaces or detachable connections before stowage?", "kind": "action", "id": "material-specific-care-and-stowage-q02" }, { "text": "Does the carrier fit the actual stowed configuration and restrain exposed edges and moving parts?", "kind": "action", "id": "material-specific-care-and-stowage-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Dimensions and mass are approximate representative ranges, not requirements or limits for the category.", "Blade-angle settings, serrated edges and auxiliary functions vary by design and should not be assumed for every tool.", "Specific military procurement specifications and stock numbers should be checked against the exact issue pattern; none are asserted here." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Fixed-handle spade", "Single-folding spade", "Tri-folding spade", "Combination pick-and-shovel tool" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "NATO Stock Number (NSN)", "value_or_pattern": "13 digits, commonly formatted XXXX-XX-XXX-XXXX", "note": "Identifies particular supply items, not the entrenching-tool category as a whole; different designs and assemblies have different numbers." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Excavating and improving individual fighting positions.", "Digging shallow drainage channels around field positions.", "Moving soil to fill sandbags.", "Digging sanitation pits where permitted.", "Clearing earth or loose snow during camping and vehicle recovery." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Overall length when deployed", "typical_range": "Approximately 45-65 for common individual military designs", "unit": "cm" }, { "quantity": "Tool mass", "typical_range": "Approximately 0.7-1.5 for common individual military designs", "unit": "kg" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "A loose, worn or incompletely engaged folding lock can allow the blade to collapse during use.", "Hinges and locking mechanisms can pinch fingers.", "Prying against rocks or roots can bend the blade, damage the hinge or break the handle.", "Corrosion and packed dirt can seize folding joints or prevent secure locking.", "Digging can strike buried utilities, sharp debris or unexploded ordnance." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Military issue patterns differ among countries and periods, including fixed, folding and pick-equipped designs.", "The terms 'entrenching tool', 'intrenching tool' and 'e-tool' occur in English-language usage." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Spade", "difference": "A spade is a broader class of digging implement; an entrenching spade is distinguished by its compact form and intended individual military carriage." }, { "name": "Shovel", "difference": "Shovels broadly serve scooping and moving loose material; entrenching tools emphasize portable field excavation, although their blades also shovel." }, { "name": "Trenching shovel", "difference": "A trenching shovel typically has a narrow blade for forming narrow trenches; an entrenching tool is defined by its military field role and portability." }, { "name": "Pickaxe", "difference": "A pickaxe primarily breaks hard ground with a pointed head; some entrenching tools incorporate a pick alongside a digging blade." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of entrenching tool this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "What authoritative definition establishes the registry boundary between an entrenching tool and other compact field or camping shovels?", "Which military specifications, manufacturer standards or test methods apply to particular designs, who issues them, and what evidence establishes compliance?", "What sourced dimensional and mass ranges describe representative fixed, folding and detachable designs without turning those ranges into unsupported membership limits?", "Which designs explicitly support angled digging, foot loading, chopping or sawing, and what limits and inspection criteria accompany those functions?", "What design-specific evidence defines acceptable joint play, blade wear, corrosion and repairability, especially for examples without identifiable instructions?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 16, "questions": 27 } }