PUNE: A combat engineering demonstration was conducted by College of Military Engineering (CME) between January 10 and 16 for officers from Defence Services Staff Course (DSSC), Wellington, and Defence Services Technical Staff Course on their training visit to Pune.
The demonstration exhibited a wide range of combat engineering tasks performed by the Corps of Engineers during war.
The multi-tasked role encompassed mobility and counter-mobility tasks. The demo including water plume demolition technique, several mechanically launched bridges, heli-insertion of troops, an MI-17 helicopter carrying a portable bridge, nuclear, biological and chemical protection techniques, counter IED operations and a plethora of equipment in action.
College of Military Engineering took this opportunity to display the might of Corps of Engineers to several school/ college students, scientists, officers of the paramilitary forces and officers and families of Armed Forces from other establishments in and around Pune.
