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unusual facts about Assault Pioneer



Burma Rifles

The expansion of the British Indian Army during World War I led to the raising of two companies of Burma Pioneers in Mandalay in November 1916.


see also

Weapons company

In the British army, the maneuver support company possesses an Anti-Tank platoon armed with Javelin, a reconnaissance platoon, a mortar platoon (with 8 81 mm mortars), a machine gun platoon (with 9 GPMGs, but only in Light Role battalions) and an assault pioneer platoon.