Germany, UK stand up binational engineer battalion

摘要

The German and British armies stood up binational Amphibious Engineer Battalion 130 in Min-den, northern Germany, on 1 October. The battalion is made up of the British Army's 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron, Royal Engineers (RE), and the German Army's Panzerpionier-bataillon 130 and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th companies of its heavy Pionier-bataillon (Engineer Battalion) 901. The British Army said on its website on 4 October that the new battalion is primarily amphibious-focused but also has other engineering capabilities. The German Army pointed out on its website on 1 October that it and the British Army are currently the only NATO militaries that operate the M3 amphibious bridge and ferry system. During the stand-up ceremony the new battalion built a bridge formed of three German and three UK M3s.