Engineering Troops News Today

Delegations of Defense Ministries of Azerbaijan and Serbia hold working meeting

The US Department of Defense has contracted a British engineering company, Pearson, owned by Rafael, to deliver ABV systems to the US Army.

The Ukrainian crisis has demonstrated the importance of new technologies like drones and electronic warfare in the modern battlespace, but has also shown that much older equipment, including mines, hasn’t lost its significance. What tools do Russian sappers have at their disposal to defuse this deadly threat? Sputnik explores.

Combat work of military engineers requires patience, surgical precision and extensive training in technical sciences. Military engineers rarely directly participate in hostilities and yet their job is crucial to achieve battlefield goals.

Combat work of engineering troops requires meticulousness and extensive training. While rarely directly participating in clashes, military engineers are crucial part of Russian Armed Forces.

The M1150 assault breacher vehicle (ABV) is a highly mobile armoured minefield and obstacle breaching system based on the M1 Abrams chassis.

Pontooners of the Russian Armed Forces took part in a large-scale drill of pontoon crossing units in the special operation zone, demonstrating the capabilities of engineering troops to make crossings on wider water obstacles.

The units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system underwent two-week exercises on the liberation of territories, mine clearance and medical assistance with the participation of American instructors, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports.

The Ukrainian military has apparently received the M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) built on the framework of the Abrams tank.