Editing Military engineering vehicle (section)

=== Armoured engineering vehicle ===
[[File:Pionierpanzer Dachs (2008).jpg|thumb|''PionierPanzer Dachs'' AEV of the [[German Army]] (2008)]]
[[File:ILÜ 2012 - Panzer Keiler.jpg|alt=|thumb|A [[German Army|German army]] [[Rheinmetall]] [[Keiler (mine flail)|Keiler]]. It uses a heavy-duty rotor-powered mine flail, which causes mines it comes in contact with to safely detonate.]]

Typically based on the platform of a main battle tank, these vehicles go by different names depending upon the country of use or manufacture. In the US the term "combat engineer vehicle (CEV)" is used, in the UK the terms "[[Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers]] (AVRE)" or Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (ARRV)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/engineering/1494.aspx |title=Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV) - British Army Website |date=February 12, 2010 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212200928/http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/engineering/1494.aspx |archive-date=12 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> are used, while in Canada and other commonwealth nations the term "armoured engineer vehicle (AEV)" is used. There is no set template for what such a vehicle will look like, yet likely features include a large dozer blade or mine ploughs, a large caliber demolition cannon, augers, winches, excavator arms and cranes or lifting booms.

These vehicles are designed to directly conduct obstacle breaching operations and to conduct other earth-moving and engineering work on the battlefield. Good examples of this type of vehicle include the UK [[Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers|Trojan AVRE]], the Russian IMR, and the US [[M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle]]. Although the term "armoured engineer vehicle" is used specifically to describe these multi-purpose tank based engineering vehicles, that term is also used more generically in British and Commonwealth militaries to describe all heavy tank based engineering vehicles used in the support of mechanized forces. Thus, "armoured engineer vehicle" used generically would refer to AEV, AVLB, Assault Breachers, and so on.