Engineer Regiment (Denmark) Explained

Unit Name:Engineer Regiment
Native Name:Ingeniørregimentet
Dates:6 November 1684
1997–present
Command Structure:Army Staff
Garrison:Skive Kaserne, Skive
Motto:Contendere Atque Auxiliar
(Let's strive to help each other)
Current Commander:Colonel René Nyborg Sindberg-Sørensen
Ceremonial Chief:HM The King
Identification Symbol Label:Regimental belt
Identification Symbol 2 Label:Colours

The Engineer Regiment (Danish: Ingeniørregimentet) is a regiment in the Royal Danish Army with base in Skive in Jutland. The soldiers of this regiment are trained in skills such as demolition, bomb disposal, bridge construction, defending against chemical, biological and radiological hazards, and much more. The engineer troops are also trained to fight alongside infantry regiments in combat zones if needed.

This regiment was formed by the amalgamation of nearly all of the Danish military engineering corps into one regiment in 1997, simply named Ingeniørregimentet.[1] The core of the Danish combat engineers are the so-called armored engineers. These units usually work in detached squads, each under the command of and attached to an infantry company, and equipped with an M113. Their roles are combat demolition, minefield clearing, basic mine laying and EOR. They are also extensively trained as infantry, to support the ordinary troops in combat. Besides these units, the regiment has the different work fields of combat engineers (construction, EOD, CBRN) spread out over different companies.

Structure

Today the Engineer Regiment has three battalions:[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historie . . Forsvarskommandoen . 28 February 2020 . da . 13 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Organisation . forsvaret.dk . 28 February 2020 . da . 31 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190831145538/https://www2.forsvaret.dk/omos/organisation/haeren/organisation/ingenioerregimentet/Pages/organisation.aspx . dead .