Combat engineering vehicle

A combat engineering vehicle (CEV) is an armored fighting vehicle that provides combat engineers with battlefield protection against enemy fire, while they support the movement of fighting forces. Most commonly, a CEV is built on the chassis of a tank, from which the regular turret is removed, and engineer-specific superstructure added.

The turret replacement usually mounts a crane, and may have a short-barreled, large-caliber gun for destroying obstacles. In addition, an earthmoving blade is normally mounted on the front. The CEV may carry other large pieces of equipment such as an earth auger drill for emplacing explosives, mines, or barrier structures.

Many CEVs have a crew compartment that can carry an engineer team and their portable equipment. Some have launchers for line charges for mine clearing.