Brückenbaukompanie
The main task of Pioniere that limit, slow down, and block the movement of the enemy by means of preparing defense positions, build hurdles, planting various types of mines and explosives, and if necessary, in cooperation with other units in various types of attacks. Other tasks are to support the other units that include sweeping mines, the removal of hurdles, construction of bridges and other facilities required for smooth forward movement of the main army.
BRIDGE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TIME
To destroy the enemy bunkers with the help of other weapons , to sweep minefields , to establish or rule out the barriers road - assisted with lightning speed boats or rubber boats across the river and flows - especially to quickly build a bridge that had been blown up so that the next troops to keep pursuing the enemy without getting bogged down , this is where the element Pioniere required . Equipped with tools and weapons of today , they are able to achieve an impossible feat . In terms of the construction of the bridge , they are the expert. Nothing can bring comfort with a reliable and accurate . No matter whether they are using the tools they need and the equipment is ready , or improvise to overcome all purposes . Our picture shows a portion of a training Bridge Construction Company of the Waffen - SS .
Results : In a matter of 25 minutes , the bridge over the river with an average flow has been stretched , ready to take across the next army with heavy weapons and the heaviest .
DESCRIPTION ILLUSTRATION
- Top Left : heavy transport with the appropriate equipment are on the edge of the river .
- Top Right : of course , helping hands , can instantly set up a bridge .
- Middle : shocking , in a matter of a short time seems a bridge .
- Bottom Left : after 25 minutes elapsed , the first car has successfully passed .
- Bottom Right : The first bearer of the banks of the river crossing followed by the soldiers who ran from one river bank to the other bank of the river , and form a bridge fortifications there .
SOURCE PHOTOS
- Private collection , ' Das Schwarze Korps ' , ep . 7 , p . 6 , published February 13, 1941 .
FOOTNOTES
* Pioniere a complicated branch of the German military , in which are subdivided into many kinds of special branches . Its members are often drawn from the RAD ( Reich Labor Office ) and OT ( organization of civil engineering and German military ) . Here are some special branch of Pioniere :
- General engineers ( armored engineers , engineers mountain , combat engineer , engineer specially assigned in the homeland , engineers border )
- Development engineer ( defense staff development engineers , engineers building bridges , road construction engineers , construction engineers mild )
- Engineers landing ( landing engineer with light and heavy assault ships , landing on rocky terrain engineer )
- Engineers fortress ( fortress engineers specialized staff , construction engineers and demolition fort , hurdles engineers , engineer equipment and machinery )
- Train engineer ( railway construction engineer , which includes armored train units )
- Engineer a landline ( command bridge inspectors , engineers reparations specifically assigned in the rear and ground water )
- Engineers snow blower
- Technical engineer ( as technical guides if needed )
- Engineers teaching and training ( as a member of the education of engineers , complete with his schools )
- Engineers and engineers reserve replacement