Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers - List of AVRE Vehicles Deployed

List of AVRE Vehicles Deployed

Mark I tank Heavy RE tank variants

• Bridgelayer, a Mark V tank, with canal lock bridge
• Mine clearer, a Mark V tank, with mine rollers

Light Tank Mk V

• Bridgelayer, scissors assault bridge

Covenanter tank

• Bridgelayer, deploying a Class 24 scissors bridge

Valentine tank

• Valentine Mk II, deploying a Class 30 scissors bridge

Churchill AVRE numerous variants.

• Was a Churchill Mk III armed with a 290 mm Petard Spigot mortar, its turret was of welded construction
• A Churchill Mk IV, which had a cast turret. Post-war, the Churchill AVRE was re-armed with a short barrelled L9A1 165 mm demolition gun which fired a 64 lb (29 kg) HESH round

Centurion tank variants

• FV4003 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE. Armed with a short barrelled L9A1 165 mm demolition gun, it entered service in 1963, replacing the Churchill AVRE
• FV4203 Centurion Mk 12 AVRE. A modified Artillery Observation Post vehicle, it was armed with the conventional 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 rifled gun

Chieftain tank variants

• The Willich Chieftain AVRE entered service in 1987. This vehicle was designed by Capt D Clegg MBE RE. The vehicle was built by 32 Armoured Engineer Regiment and 21 Engineer Base Workshop of the Royal Engineers under the direction of Lt Col JF Johnson RE based in the German town of Willich, hence its name
• The Chieftain AVRE entered service in 1994. 48 units were produced by Vickers Defence Systems

FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor (CET)

• 143 units were supplied, it entered service in 1977

Shielder Vehicle Launched Scatterable Mine System

• Essentially a modified BAE Systems Land Systems Stormer with the Alliant Techsystems Volcano mine delivery system, 30 have been delivered

Challenger variants

• Trojan Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV), based on the Challenger 2 chassis, the Trojan will be equipped with an articulated excavator arm, a dozer blade and rails for fascines. 33 units have been ordered from BAE Systems Land Systems
• Titan AVLB, also based on the Challenger 2 chassis, the Titan Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge, 33 units have been ordered from BAE Land Systems

Terrier CET

• Currently in development to replace the FV180. Substantial use of Commercial off-the-shelf parts is part of the design of the vehicle, including a Caterpillar drive train (C18 diesel engine and an X300 series automatic transmission) and excavator. It also uses the alloy road wheels from the BAE Systems Combat Vehicle 90 programme. The Terrier is armoured using steel rather than the aluminium alloy of its predecessor