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Average Joe
@ArmouredSapper
Proud Salfordian. RE RSM. Passionate about armoured engineering, military history & innovation, mental resilience, people, Sci-Fi, and a mediocre ultra runner.
Oct 10, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
🧵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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Feb 6, 2023 • 25 tweets • 10 min read
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.