![]() ![]() of demolition supplies and tools.ĪVRE 230 mm petard mortar and its ammunition The interior munition storage was removed, as was the turret basket and co-drivers seat, replaced with stowage. The Churchill proved ideal, having a large amount of space inside for demolition stores, and side exit doors. In October 1942 a prototype based on the Churchill tank was ordered. ![]() The side door became a critical component for the new vehicle, allowing engineers to exit the vehicle under protection, and retreat back inside while blasting. Experiments used Churchill, Sherman and Ram tanks. Development commenced based on the experiences at Dieppe. Denovan who was attached to the Department of Tank Design, proposed a vehicle to protect engineers during assault operations. ![]() With tanks unable to leave the beaches, the raid stalled and failed.įollowing failure of the raid, a Royal Canadian Engineer officer, Lt J.J. Those that did make it to the point where ramps could be built had lost much of their supplies on sunken landing craft. In the assault, the engineers were prone to gunfire while setting charges, and became a priority target for the defending forces. Engineers were tasked with getting the tanks off the beach, destroying obstacles and building ramps. In protecting engineers, the vehicles also became a mobile platform for a variety of engineering purposes, mounting large calibre weapons for demolition, carrying engineering stores, mine clearance explosives, a variety of deployable roadways, and modified engineering bridges for gaps that the related Armoured Ramp Carrier ("ARK") vehicles could not overcome.Įxtremely high casualty rates among engineers was one of the primary reasons for the failure of the Dieppe raid of August 1942. Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers ( AVRE), also known as Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers is the title given to a series of armoured military engineering vehicles operated by the Royal Engineers (RE) for the purpose of protecting engineers during frontline battlefield operations. ![]()
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