The 601 Engineer Grouping (''Agr Ing 601'') is an
Argentine Army Engineer grouping. It is based at
Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
Structure
* 601 Engineer Grouping Headquarters.
Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
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601 Engineer Battalion. Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
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601 CBRN and Emergency Support Company.
San Nicolás de los Arroyos Barracks.
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601 Facilities Maintenance Engineer Company.
Villa Martelli
Villa Martelli town in the Partido of Vicente Lopez, in the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.
History
The first recorded settlement in the area occurred on May 6, 1910, and the town was officially recognized by the Provincial Legislature on July 2 ...
Army Garrison.
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601 Army Divers Engineer Company. Villa Martelli Army Garrison.
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601 Transport Engineer Company. Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
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601 Water Engineer Company. Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
Source
Humanitarian aids
In 2019, the
Ministry of Defense supplied the 601 Engineer Grouping with
heavy equipment
Heavy equipment or heavy machinery refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations or other large construction tasks. ''Heavy equipment'' usually comprises five e ...
, water treatment plants, pneumatic machines and tools, New Holland D-180C bulldozers, Komatsu WA-320 front loaders, Case 580-W backhoe loaders, GEFCO drills and Sany STC-800 cranes.
Argentine Army's Engineer Branch personnel manufactured a water purification and bagging plant. It has a capacity of 6000 L by micro filtration or 3000 by reverse osmosis, and can pack 1200
sachets of water
Water sachets or sachet water is a common form of selling pre-filtered or sanitized water in plastic, heat sealed bags in parts of the global south, and are especially popular in Africa. Water sachets are cheaper to produce than plastic bottles ...
per hour.
In 2019, 601 Engineer Grouping elements deployed at
Santa Cruz de la Sierra y
Concepción,
Bolivia
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, in order to provide logistical support to the fight against
Amazon rainforest wildfires. The movement was carried out in coordination with units of the
Navy of the Argentine Republic. Personnel and equipment of the Grouping with its Headquarters and Staff joined the mission, in addition to the
601st Water Engineer Company. Also operators of road machinery of the
601st Engineer Battalion. An approximate number of 200 troops was totaled.
References
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Army units and formations of Argentina
San Miguel Partido
Engineering units and formations
Group sized units of armies (land forces)