Flames of War - Engineer Combat Platoon

The divisional combat engineer battalions were capable of performing most engineering tasks (including demolitions, obstacle emplacement, fortification, and light bridge building) for the division. Additional battalions from corps or army augmented divisional engineers for more extensive work. Combat engineer battalions tended to be well motivated and considered themselves to be elite specialists. On occasions combat engineers could act as infantry and frequently did so. In addition to the combat engineer battalions there were in the Army a number of other general engineer units. The Engineer Amphibian Brigade was designed to support amphibious operations and engineer aviation regiments and battalions were designed to construct and maintain air bases. Aviation engineers included engineer airborne aviation battalions, which were designed to be air transportable; so they could repair airfields captured by airborne forces. Engineer general service regiments and battalions performed construction, repair, and maintenance duties of all kinds behind the front lines. Many general service battalions were formed as pools of unskilled labour troops, usually African-Americans. Over 600 battalion-size engineer units were formed during the war. In Flames of War Your Engineer Platoon can be used for a variety of tasks. They can be used as a premier assault force, Pioneer Rifle teams with AT in close assaults of 3 supported by the Engineer weapons squad. They can lay and clear mines. If you take the supply truck you can use its contents to lay a minefield. Likewise the bulldozer allows you the fill in tank obstacles.Note: Enough miniatures are include to either base the Pioneer Rifle teams with 4 or 5 miniatures.