Building, Defending and Creating

In combat, the engineer subunits of different missions are among the first to be deployed. They are the ones who open minefield lanes, remove obstacles from the field, arrange and maintain crossings. Besides performing the classic engineer support tasks, engineers participate in peace support operations and in disaster management. They take part in the fulfilment of NATO-commitments, and continuously do their duties related to searching, identifying, neutralising and destroying the ammunition and unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) in the area of the country. The authors present the troops specialised in these very diverse range of tasks: the field engineer, the floating bridge, the amphibious, the fortification, the water supply, the camouflage, the mine laying, the diver, the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and the warship units as well as their equipment. This richly illustrated work is much needed because there has not yet been written such an all-embracing description of the Hungarian engineer troops.