

In this role, the engineer is an primarily an infantryman who uses his additional skills to support an assault. In addition, Assault Pioneers were embedded with troops at a platoon or company level to carry out these duties as in direct response to infantry requirements on the battlefield. Their responsibilities included the building and destruction of fortifications and obstructions, laying and clearing minefields and booby traps, fording and bridging rivers and destroying river crossings, trench digging and a range of other support activities. Semi automatic G 41(W) and SVT-40 are respectively available for selection on reaching veteran status.īoth Red Army and Wehrmacht employed combat engineers, often as dedicated battalions. The Russian engineer similarly carries the RPG40 AT-Grenade, Satchel Charges and a PPSh-41.

The German engineer is equipped with the HH元 AT-Grenade, Satchel Charges and an MP 40 for personal protection.
