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Combat engineer

A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare tasks, as well as construction and demolition duties in and out of combat zones.

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related to Sapper · 16
Combat engineer → All IDF, Army, Australian, British, Canadian, In, In Sapper School, Indian, Israeli Defense Forces, New Zealand, Rifleman, Sapper, Sapper Leader Course, Sapper School, Some, The
related to Combat arms formations · 12
Combat engineer → Afghanistan, Army, Combat, Due, During, EOD, Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent, IED, IEDs, Iraq War, To, War
related to Special operations units · 11
Combat engineer → A-Team, Alpha, Another, For, Green Berets Operational Detachment, Individual, Israeli Yahalom, MOS, SFG, US Army National Guard, US Army Special Forces
related to Pioneer · 10
Combat engineer → Also, Austro-Hungarian, Finnish, Forces, In, Naval, Pionier, Pioniere, Special Forces, The German Bundeswehr
related to Obstacle breaching · 7
Combat engineer → Bailey, Bomb, For, French EFA, MICLIC, Minefield, Obstacle Breaching SystemMine-clearing
related to Terminology · 7
Combat engineer → Australian Army, British, French, Geomatics, In, Soviet Army, While
related to Assault pioneer · 6
Combat engineer → Australian, British, Canadian, In, New Zealand, Until
related to Practices and techniques · 6
Combat engineer → All, Combat, In, NBC, These, They
related to Combat support formations · 5
Combat engineer → In, Ingeniørregimentet, Other, The Danish, The Engineering Regiment
related to Historical publications · 5
Combat engineer → Engineer Soldier's Handbook, FM, June, The Basic Field Manual, United States

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Combat engineerrelated to Assault pioneerIn0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Assault pioneerBritish0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Assault pioneerCanadian0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Assault pioneerAustralian0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Assault pioneerNew Zealand0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Assault pioneerUntil0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Basic toolingBasic0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Combat arms formationsCombat0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Combat arms formationsDuring0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Combat arms formationsWar0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Combat arms formationsAfghanistan0.60section
Combat engineerrelated to Combat arms formationsIraq War0.60section

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