By World War II, every modern army had specialized units of combat engineers. These highly trained soldiers would not only fight the enemy, but would also undertake a variety of field engineering tasks, such as building bridges, removing minefields, and setting demolition charges to destroy enemy installations. >

The Soviet engineers in this kit include one engineer using a hatchet to construct wooden fortifications, two engineers equipped with metal detectors, and one engineer carrying supplies.

• Includes unit flag and unit card for use with the Art of Tactic WWII game.