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@ArmouredSapper
Oct 10, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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🧵Combat Engineer Tractor (CET) in the Falklands 🇫🇰

Armoured vehicles played some key roles throughout the Falklands conflict but one Sapper vehicle in particular was used to great effect during the initial landings, the FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor aka The Frog. 🐸

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The CET was used mainly to support the logistical effort initially but some of the others tasks it was given was digging in ammunition bunkers, gun positions, HQ positions, rapier emplacements, air support inc bulk fuel installation, and route upgrade with Class 30 trackway.

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There was some initial training on Ascension Island where the Frog was swam and tested on and off the beaches. See videos below.

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6 CETs were requested by the Brigade but only two CETs were fit and ready in time. These two travelled South and went ashore at San Carlos with one suffering a breakdown due to mine strike ivo of Estancia House at a latter stage and one making it through the entire conflict.

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Crews were:

Frog1 🐸
▪️Kevin Bradley
▪️Blue George

Frog2 🐸
▪️Pete Moule
▪️Guy Kitcher

Respect to all the Falklands Veterans. 🇬🇧🫶🏻

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#ArmouredSappers #RoyalEngineers #FalklandsWar #CET Image
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Feb 6, 2023
1) On this day 6 February 1991 there was an incident during Op GRANBY resulting in the loss of two Centurion 165 AVREs from 32 Engineer Regiment.

Below is a first-hand account of what happened. Names have been withheld intentionally.
2) The Centurion 165 AVREs were employed as close support engineering vehicles and were tasked with a number of critical Sapper tasks. These included route clearance, digging defensive positions, and using the massive 165mm gun to defeat enemy obstacles including bund busting.
3) Myths. There was a legend going around that has it that someone was cooking sausages on the gas burner while we were refuelling. This is simply not true and there were multiple factors that led to the incident.
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