Pictured is a REME Lance Corporal Vehicle Mechanic welding...A modern, high-tech Army needs highly trained men and women to keep equipment working.
The role of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) is to do just that; maintain, repair and manufacture equipment to keep battle winning aircraft, tanks and weapons in fighting order. The REME exists to ‘keep the punch in the Army’s fist’...Every part of the British Army has a REME detachment within it allowing opportunity around the world from Belize, to Canada, to Cyprus, to Kenya...REME has a set of eight trades: Armourer, Recovery Mechanic, Avionics Technician, Electronics Technician, Metalsmith, .Vehicle Mechanic, Aircraft Technician and Technical Support Specialist.
From repairing Challenger tanks at the forefront of the battle to maintaining the Apache Attack Helicopter, REME keeps up to date with the latest in advanced technologies and complex equipment, constantly evolving our training programme to make the seemingly impossible possible.
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Photographer: Sgt Wes Calder RLC
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Pictured is a UK M3 Amphibious Rig in Minden, Germany during a joint UK/German Bridging Operation...The M3 (operated by a Corps of Royal Engineer crew) is climbing up the bank after crossing the river Wesser...The M3 Amphibious Rig is a self-propelled amphibious bridging vehicle that is used for the passage of tanks and other vehicles across water obstacles...The vehicle is operated by both UK and German armed forces...The M3 is self-deployable by road, operating as a 4x4 wheeled vehicle with a maximum road speed of 50 mph.
It is driven into the water for amphibious operation, for which it deploys two large aluminium pontoons, unfolding them along the length of its hull.
In water, the M3 is propelled and steered by 2 fully traversable pump jets at speeds of up to 9mph.
The M3 amphibious rig can be driven into a river and used as a ferry or, when a number are joined together from bank to bank, as a bridge, capable of taking vehicles as heavy as the Challenger 2 main battle tank...The M3 has a number of advantages over similar vehicles...It can deploy pontoons on the move, in or out of water...It needs no on-site preparation to enter the water...It can be controlled from inside the cab when ‘swimming’..Its control functions have been automated allowing the crew to be reduced to three..A single two-bay M3 can carry a Class 70 tracked vehicle, where two M2s would have been required for this task with additional buoyancy bags.. .Eight M3 units and 24 soldiers can build a 100m bridge in 30 minutes compared with 12 M2s, 48 soldiers and a construction time of 45 minutes.
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Photographer: Stuart A Hill AMS
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Pictured is a handshake between trainer and trainee, in front of a group of British Army trainers mentoring Somali soldiers on vehicle maintenance.
British Forces are deployed in Somalia on Operation TANGHAM in order to support both the United Nations (UN) and the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to develop the Somali forces.
The British Army's work includes advisory and mentoring roles in Mogadishu as well as directly training the Somali National Army in Baidoa.
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Photographer: Cpl Ben Maher
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Pictured is a member of the British Army training team from 39 Engineer Regiment,The Corps of Royal Engineers in Somalia.
British Forces are deployed in Somalia on Operation TANGHAM in order to support both the United Nations (UN) and the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to develop the Somali forces.
The British Army's work includes advisory and mentoring roles in Mogadishu as well as directly training the Somali National Army in Baidoa.
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Photographer: Cpl Moffatt
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