Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Combat engineer

Romanian translation:

militar genist

Added to glossary by Camelia Colnic
Feb 11, 2013 16:01
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English term

Combat engineer

English to Romanian Science Military / Defense
Combat engineers primarily supervise, serve or assist as a member of a team when they are tackling rough terrain in combat situations. They provide their expertise in areas such as mobility, countermobility, survivability and general engineering.

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There are no advanced academic qualifications required to be a combat engineer. The term "engineer" is not to be confused with the term applied to Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer. A combat engineer, also called pioneer or sapper in many armies, is a soldier who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions.
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GENÍST, geniști, s. m. Militar din trupele de geniu (III). – Geniu + suf.-ist. Sursa: DEX '98 (1998), Geniu= Armă militară care cuprinde trupe specializate pentru executarea lucrărilor de fortificații, de drumuri, de poduri etc.

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