Combat Engineer

Deployments: 585
Members: 165
Hours in role: 1,664
First deployed: Jun 2019
Last deployed: Oct 2026

The role

A combat engineer (also called a sapper) performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions. The combat engineer's goals involve facilitating movement and support of friendly forces while impeding those of the enemy. Combat engineers build fighting positions, fortifications, and roads. They conduct demolitions missions and clear minefields using specialized vehicles. This may include the construction and breaching of trenches, tank traps and other fortifications; bunker construction; bridge and road construction or destruction; laying or clearing land mines; and combined arms breaching.

Played on: Arma 3

Arma Reforger

Arma 4

Played on every supported platform.
Claimed before release: 70%; the rest usually within 3 hours
The last year: 78; times deployed
Busiest month: Jan; January 2026, deployed 12 times
Per operation: 1.5; on average, across 382 operations

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In the ORBAT

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Named in other rules

Squad Advisory Holds at most 2 Combat Engineers or EOD Specialists, counted together. Names Combat Engineer and EOD Specialist: shown on each too. Operations · Every platform
Platoon Advisory Holds at most 2 Combat Engineers or Support Engineers, counted together. Names Combat Engineer and Support Engineer: shown on each too. Operations · Every platform