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Combat Engineering Tractor (CET)
The Combat Engineer Tractor (CET) is a tracked, armoured, amphibious vehicle equipped with a 100m winch cable attached to an anchor that can be fired by rocket. Once the anchor has bedded in, the CET can use its powerful winch like a grappling hook to climb steep slopes and riverbanks. Capable and versatile, CET's have proven invaluable in operations worldwide. The Royal Engineers use CET to clear obstacles, dig gun pits, prepare barriers and tow other vehicles out of difficult positions.
A new specialist engineer armoured vehicle, Terrier, will soon replace CET from 2008. Faster, more mobile and with more effective armour and mine protection than CET, Terrier will be operated by a crew of two – or may be operated remotely in particularly hazardous environments. Terrier will be fitted with day and night vision systems and, although (at 30 tonnes) twice as heavy as CET, it will be air-portable in C17 or A400M transport aircraft
Weight 17,010kg
Length 7.54m
Height 2.67m
Road Speed 56 kph
Road Range 480 km's
Fuel Capacity 430 litres
Engine Rolls-Royce C6TCR
Engine Power 320 bhp
Crew 2
Armament 1 x 7.62 machine gun
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