A doubt about Engineers / Sappers

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Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Obviously the US army does things a little differently, but I'd think this organisation would suit T2K better than seperate battalions, etc.

In the US Army, we've decided to slap on a measure of red tape and you have to get permission from division to have Combat Engineers attached to your unit. I've long thought that a couple of squads of Combat Engineers would be a good addition to an infantry HHC (Headquarters & Headquarters Company, where you find folks like the Scout Platoon and the Mortar Platoon amongst others), but like most parts of the US Government, the Army loves its bureaucracy...