Engineer Troops (Soviet Union)

Engineer Troops of the USSR (Russian: Инженерные войска СССР) were special troops of the Soviet Armed Forces, designed for military engineer support: combat operations; engineering reconnaissance, and escort of troops (forces) in the offensive, and so on.

The main purpose of military engineers is operational support during combat: mobility/counter-mobility. Engineering support for the military (combat) operations of the troops aims to create the necessary conditions for the troops covertly move forward, in a timely fashion, deploy, manoeuvre, successfully carry out combat missions, protect troops and facilities from all types of damage, inflict losses on the enemy, and to impede enemy actions.