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Originally Posted by simonmark6
Just to complicate things, the British army also have units of Pioneers, these troops are also trained in light engineering and construction as well as preparing combat positions. I'm not sure what roles they had initially, but from my reading of information and the fact that they are in the Royal Logistics Corps, they now tend to handle less combat oriented roles than they used to.
The Pioneers appear to pride themselves on being equal parts fighter and engineer so this may not be the case.
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The Australian Army has Assault Pioneers that sound the same.