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The Combat Engineer Tractor is a specialist armoured vehicle of the British Army. The CET is used by Royal Engineers in ground preparation and towing activities in the front line of battle. The metre (or meter) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ... A picture of a destroyed M113 armoured personnel carrier showing a section of the armour. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...
Design
It is a tracked, armoured, vehicle with amphibious capability. The two crew sit in tandem positions on the left hand side of the vehicle. The CET can be driven easily in either direction. A large bulldozer type blade is fited at the rear of the vehicle and a rocket launched anchor on a 100 m hawser is fitted to the front. When operated in reverse the blade is used for earth moving; clearing obstacles, paths or digging gun pits. In forward the anchor can be used to pull the CET up steep obstacles such as riverbanks.
The CET is scheduled to be replaced by a new, larger vehicle - the 30 tonne Terrier. Terrier will be better protected, equipped with night vision and be remotely operated if required in more hazardous circumstances.
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