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- initialism UK, military
Armoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers
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Examples
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One AVRE strayed into 88 range & got blasted, but the other bridged the wall & took out the Pak Bunker.
Archive 2007-05-01 Cromwell MkI 2007
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The last 2 DDs were taken out by artilllery bombardments & the last AVRE pinned by them.
Camp Cromwell 15/05/07 Cromwell MkI 2007
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The last 2 DDs were taken out by artilllery bombardments & the last AVRE pinned by them.
Archive 2007-05-01 Cromwell MkI 2007
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One AVRE strayed into 88 range & got blasted, but the other bridged the wall & took out the Pak Bunker.
Camp Cromwell 15/05/07 Cromwell MkI 2007
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When the first of their LCTs lowered its ramp off Le Hamel, the leading Petard AVRE tank tipped forward into the water and jammed itself half in, half out.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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His crew watched three sappers from a neighbouring AVRE Churchill clambering out onto its hull.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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His crew watched three sappers from a neighbouring AVRE Churchill clambering out onto its hull.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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When the first of their LCTs lowered its ramp off Le Hamel, the leading Petard AVRE tank tipped forward into the water and jammed itself half in, half out.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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When the first of their LCTs lowered its ramp off Le Hamel, the leading Petard AVRE tank tipped forward into the water and jammed itself half in, half out.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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His crew watched three sappers from a neighbouring AVRE Churchill clambering out onto its hull.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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