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Record 1 2018-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Infantry
CONT

The primary purpose of the pioneer platoon was to assist in mobility and counter-mobility, along with limited decontamination, essentially conducting basic engineering tasks to save the combat engineers for the most vital work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Infanterie
CONT

[...] le principal rôle du peloton de pionniers consistait à contribuer à la mobilité et aux actions de contre-mobilité, tout en exécutant des tâches limitées de décontamination et en se chargeant essentiellement des travaux de génie de base pour que les sapeurs de combat puissent se consacrer aux tâches les plus importantes.

Spanish

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