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The Sappers are the true jack of all trades going everywhere and turning their hands to pretty much everything. Many other corps have been spawned from the RE such as the R Signals, REME and AAC.

The RE can trace their history back to William the Conqueror's invasion of 1066, a full 600 years before the New Model Army became the British Army.

Contents

Tasks

  • Mobility. Helping friendly forces get to where they want across natural and man made obstacles
  • Counter-Mobility. Stopping the enemy going where he wants by enhancing natural and creating man made obstacles.
  • Survivability. Helping friendly forces live.

Royal Engineer Roles

  • Close Support. Working in the Contact Zone for Bdes and BGs. Close support units will be equipped and organised to meet the role of the Formations they support but will usually consist of a mix of soft skin and armoured vehicles including specialist Engineer Equipment.
  • General Support. Working out of contact providing specialist support for Close Support units and thier close support to the logistical chain.
  • Air Support. Working for the RAF building runways and other facilities that they require.
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Provision of support in UK and on operations.
  • Geographic. Providing mapping and geospatial support across defence.
  • Infrastructure Engineering. Designing and supervising the construction of all manor of very complicated things that the rest of their Corps would not understand.

Royal Engineers Regiments - Regular Army


Independent Sub-Units

Royal Engineers Regiments/Squadrons - Territorial Army

  • Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) 
 *100 Field Squadron [Cwmbran/Bristol/Cardiff] 
 *101 Headquarters Troop [Monmouth] 
 *108 (Welsh) Field Squadron [Swansea/Gorseinion] 
 *225 Field Squadron [Birmingham] 
 *The Jersey Field Squadron [St Helier]
  • 71 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) (Air Support) 
 *102 (Clyde) Field Squadron (Air Support) [Paisley/Barnsford Bridge] 
 *124 Field Squadron (Cumbernauld) 
 *236 Field Squadron [Elgin] 
 *Headquarters Troop [RAF Leuchars] 
 *10 Orkney Field Troop [Orkney Islands]
  • 72 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) Close Support 
 *103 (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Field Squadron (Air Support) [Newcastle/Sunderland] 
 *106 (West Riding) Field Squadron [Sheffield/Bradford] 
 *299 Para Field Squadron [Wakefield/Hull]
  • 73 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) (Air Support) 
 *129 Headquarters and Support Squadron [Nottingham] 
 *350 Field Squadron (Air Support) [Nottingham] 
 *575 (Sherwood Foresters) Field Squadron (Air Support) [Chesterfield]
  • 75 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) (Field) 
 *107 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Field Squadron [Birkenhead/St Helens] 
 *125 (Staffordshire) Field Support Squadron [Stoke-on-Trent] 
 *143 Plant Squadron [Walsall] 
 *201 Headquarters Squadron [Manchester]
  • 101 Engineer Regiment (EOD) (V) 
 *217 (London) Field Squadron (EOD) [Holloway] 
 *221 Field Squadron (EOD) [Rochester/Catford] 
 *579 Field Squadron (EOD) [Tunbridge Wells]
  • 131 Independent Commando Squadron Royal Engineers (Volunteers) [London/Bath/Plymouth/Birmingham] to form 24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers in early 2007
  • 135 Independent Geographic Squadron Royal Engineers (Volunteers) [Ewell, Hermitage, Southampton]
  • Engineer and Logistic Staff Corps (Volunteers)
  • 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group (previously Military Works Force)
  • 62 Works Group [Regular] 
 *506 STRE (Water Infrastructure)
  • 63 Works Group [Regular] 
 *504 STRE (Power Infrastructure)
  • 64 Works Group [Regular] 
 *503 STRE (Fuels Infrastructure)
  • 65 Works Group 
 *507 STRE (Railway Infrastructure) 
 *509 STRE (Ports Infrastructure) 
 *508 STRE (Works) 
 *525 STRE (Works) 
 *526 STRE (Works)
  • 591 Independent Field Squadron [Is the only Royal Engineer TA Unit in Northern Ireland]

Training Units

The majority of training for Royal Engineers is provided at the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) which is spread across two sites and consists off:

Other training establishments providing training for Royal Engineers include:

Specialist Units

Royal Engineer Equipments

Usually odd looking and misunderstood by friendly forces and easily identifiable and priority targets for the enemy.

  • ChAVRE - Chieftan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers. Funny looking tank supposed to help with mobility and counter mobility tasks but really provides source of employment for REME.
  • ChAVLB - Chieftan Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge. A tank with a bridge instead of a turret designed to lay bridges in the face of the enemy but also provides employment for REME.
  • VLSMS - Vertical Launched Scatterable Minefield System.
  • ABLE - Automated Bridge Launching Equipment.
  • MGB - Medium Girder Bridge. A heavy bridge system traditionally built by hand.
  • GSB - General Support Bridge. A heavier bridge system built using ABLE.
  • LSB - Logistic Support Bridge. A really heavy bridge system built using a crane and a very heavy mallet when it doesn't quite fit.
  • M3 Amphibious Bridge - Close Support Bridge consisting of units (known as 'Rigs') which can drive on land, have good X-country ability and can float to form ferries or link to form floating bridges.
  • Barmine layer - Antiquated mechanical anti tank minefield laying system that achieves its effect by causing the enemy to break down in fits of hysterics whenever they see it deployed.
  • Monkey - implement used to drive 6' pickets into the ground also known as a thumper
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