Combat Engineering Hardware

Combat Engineering Hardware

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This section is dedicated to combat engineering hardware. This is the equipment that is needed to clear or make the roads, secure a base, cross a river, and many other tasks.

230LCR 440HA Grader ATEC AT422T Bridges CSB D7H Bulldozer M9 ACE Mine Clearing

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230LCR Hydraulic Excavator
The 230LCR is a commercially available John Deere excavator that has been added into the military's inventory. It can be used for digging, trenching, and lifting with the hydraulic thumb clamp.

230LCR Walk Around 230LCR Arm Walk Around 230LCR Top and Bottom Walk Around

230LCR in Action 230LCR working on the landing area

230LCR Links
Specifications from Global Security
John Deere Excavators

440HA Grader

440HA Grader Walk Around

AT422T All Terrain Crane (ATEC)
(Description from FAS) The All Terrain Crane (ATEC) is an all hydraulic crane capable of traveling over primary, secondary and off road surfaces at the tactical support level. Technical characteristics include: diesel engine, power shift transmission, three mode steering, independently controlled hydraulic outriggers and 80 ft. telescoping boom. The ATEC is used for construction, maintenance, bridging and resupply activities.

ATEC Walk Around ATEC in action

ATEC Links
Specifications from FAS
Grove - The maker of the ATEC
Global Security's info

Bridges
Crossing water has always been a problem that needs to be addressed on any battlefield. Here is a page dedicated to the ways multiple countries address this problem.

Bridging Home

Combat Support Boat (CSB)
These boats are the bulldozers of the water. They can turn on a dime and align a bridge section like nobody's business.

Combat Support Boat Home

D7H Bulldozer
The Caterpillar D7H is another commercially available unit that has been adopted into the military. Weighing in at approximately 50,000 lbs, they are easily transported and ideal for road building/pioneering.

D7H Walk Around DH7 In Action D7H Cat on an M870A1 pulled by a M916A1

Links
Caterpillar Home Page
More information from VanNatta Bros

M9 ACE

Universal Engineer Tractor Walk Around M9 Ace in Iraq

Small Emplacement Excavator (SEE)
(Description from GlobalSecurity.Org) The Small Emplacement Excavator (SEE) is a lightweight, all-wheel-drive, diesel-engine-driven, high-mobility vehicle with a backhoe, a bucket loader, and other attachments such as a handheld hydraulic rock drill, a chain saw, and a pavement breaker. The SEE weighs over 16,000 pounds, is air transportable, can travel at speeds of more than 40 miles per hour on improved roads, and has limited off-road mobility. The SEE is used to rapidly dig combat emplacements such as crew-served weapon positions, command posts, and individual fighting positions. The high mobility of the SEE provides an earthmoving machine capable of rapid movement between battle positions.

SEE Walk Around on M1076 SEE Walk Around SEE In Action SEE without the front bucket

Links
Specifications from Global Security
SEE Tech Manuals (Unimog)

Transportation
From moving troops to moving hardware, transportation units are always necessary.

Transportation Home

Combat Engineer Groups
Here are some links to some of the Combat Engineer Groups out there.
If you do not see your group listed here and would like it added, please contact me!

The Royal Engineer - UK Combat Engineers
Royal School of Military Engineering - UK Combat Engineer School