<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The engineer branch has been established at a certain stage of historical evolution of the armed forces to provide engineer support to the combat forces, as well as to support civil societies to achieve, develop and maintain the necessary infrastructure elements in order to conduct of economic and social activities. Having in mind all these elements and taking into account the structural perspective and the endowment, the evolution of engineer forces should have been made in accordance with the evolution of the common combat joint forces, keeping the same rhythm of development. Unfortunately, the engineer forces within the armies of the NATO member states did not evolve under the aforementioned aspects, even if some commitments have been made at the various summits held over time at different levels. As a result of these realities, in this paper we present some considerations about what should be the way ahead in the evolution of the engineer forces until the horizon of 2050.</p></abstract>

The engineer branch has been established at a certain stage of historical evolution of the armed forces to provide engineer support to the combat forces, as well as to support civil societies to achieve, develop and maintain the necessary infrastructure elements in order to conduct of economic and social activities. Having in mind all these elements and taking into account the structural perspective and the endowment, the evolution of engineer forces should have been made in accordance with the evolution of the common combat joint forces, keeping the same rhythm of development. Unfortunately, the engineer forces within the armies of the NATO member states did not evolve under the aforementioned aspects, even if some commitments have been made at the various summits held over time at different levels. As a result of these realities, in this paper we present some considerations about what should be the way ahead in the evolution of the engineer forces until the horizon of 2050.

Considerations on the Necessity of Modernization of Engineer Forces from NATO Members Countries

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The engineer branch has been established at a certain stage of historical evolution of the armed forces to provide engineer support to the combat forces, as...

Considerations on the Necessity of Modernization of Engineer Forces from NATO Members Countries

Published Online: Jul 20, 2017

Page range: 344 - 347

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2017-0056

Keywords
engineer forces, engineer support, modernization, multi-purpose engineer vehicle

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Considerations on the Necessity of Modernization of Engineer Forces from NATO Members Countries

Published Online: Jul 20, 2017

Page range: 344 - 347

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2017-0056

Keywordsengineer forces, engineer support, modernization, multi-purpose engineer vehicle

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
engineer forces, engineer support, modernization, multi-purpose engineer vehicle