3rd ABCT conducts Combined Arms Breach

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Banzhaf | Engineers with the 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, use the M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle to fire a Mine Clearing Line Charge across a simulated mine field Dec. 5 at Fort Hood, Texas. Once fired, the simulated charge cleared a route for M1A2 Abrams tanks and M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to safely cross the area. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf, 3rd ABCT PAO, 1st Cav. Div.)  

FORT HOOD, TX, UNITED STATES

12.05.2014

Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf 

3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

FORTHOOD, Texas – Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted a Combined Arms Breach exercise Dec. 5 at Fort Hood, Texas, in preparation for their upcoming National Training Center rotation.

During the exercise, engineers’ assigned to the unit simulated procedures they follow when crossing a minefield.

Using the M1Assault Breacher Vehicle, Soldiers fired a Mine Clearing Line Charge containing more than 1,700 pounds of C-4 explosives over a simulated minefield to clear a path and allow other vehicles from the unit to safely maneuver through the mine field.

• Date Taken: 12.05.2014
• Date Posted: 12.18.2014 10:32
• Story ID: 150620
• Location: FORT HOOD, TX, US