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EXPEDIENT ROUTE OPENING CAPABILITY [1 record]

Record 1 2017-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
  • CBRNE Operations
CONT

[The] expedient route opening capability (EROC) [is] used to conduct mounted searches for buried improvised explosive devices.

CONT

The new system is called the expedient route opening capability (EROC). It includes three vehicles that specialize in unearthing and neutralizing buried IEDs [improvised explosive devices]: The Husky, the Buffalo, and the Cougar.

OBS

expedient route-opening capability; expedient route opening capability; EROC: designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie (Militaire)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
  • Opérations CBRNE
CONT

La capacité d’ouverture d’itinéraire de circonstance [...] permet de détecter àbord d’un véhicule les engins explosifs de circonstance enfouis.

OBS

capacité d'ouverture d'itinéraire de circonstance; COIC : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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