- In the 1940s the US Army created a tubular ice piton. This tubular ice piton may be the first Tubular ice piton made in the world, which shows in the 1943 Army catalog.
US Army August 1943 Quatermaster supply catalog
US Army - Tubular ice piton - Extra large collar on the tube under piton eye - 90 degree and rounded 45 degree collar design - Thin metal for piton eye - c.1950s
US Army - Tubular ice piton - Mfg ink mark - U.S. B.D. INC. 1963 - Extra large collar on the tube under piton eye - 45 degree on each side collar design - Thick metal for piton eye
US Army - Tubular ice piton - Mfg ink mark: U.S. WYOTT-r-77M - Thin metal for piton eye
US Army - Tubular ice piton - Mfg ink mark: A.D.C. 1980 U.S. - Thick metal for piton eye