FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor

FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor
A FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor with its back facing towards the camera
Type	Armoured combat engineering vehicle
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	British Army, Indian Army, Singapore Army
Specifications
Mass	17.5 tonnes (19.3 short tons; 17.2 long tons)
Length	7.54 m (24 ft 9 in)
Width	2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)
Height	2.67 m (8 ft 9 in)
Crew	2
Armour	Honeycombed twin skin aluminium alloy
Main armament	None (Crew armed with personal weapons only)
Engine	Rolls-Royce C6TFR 320 hp (240 kW)
Power/weight	19 hp/tonne
Suspension	Torsion bar
Operational range	480 km (300 mi)
Maximum speed	56 km/h (35 mph) (road) 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (water)

The FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor or C.E.T. is an amphibious specialist armoured vehicle formerly used by the British Army. A tracked, lightly armoured vehicle, with amphibious capability, the CET was used by Royal Engineers in ground preparation for bridge construction and towing activities in the front line of battle, such as digging vehicle fighting pits, constructing earthen barriers, repairing roads, recovery of disabled vehicles from water and other obstacles, preparing riverbanks for vehicle crossings and clearing obstacles.^[1]