the combat support areas to deal with specific ground forces problems. These directorates act as a ground forces administrative echelon for the superior MOD directorates. Engineer As ground elements of the combined arms field forces, engineer troops serve only a s combat engineers. The Chief of Engineer Troops of the MOD manages them. These engineers are not part of the engineer-technical service, which comprises the logistic units of the various arms and services. Other Soviet troop branches perform civil engineering, sanitation, and mapping functions; they are comparable to organizations like the US Corps of Engineers. Engineer troops found in units at division level or higher are simply called engineers. Those at a lower level, in closer contact with the enemy, are called sappers.
DesignationFM 100-2-3
EditionJun 1991
StatusSuperseded
Pages456
FunctionRecon Intel
EchelonTroop
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)