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This artical refers to Enginner Brigades in the HOI2 expansions Doomsday
and Armageddon. Refer to the end of the article for other versions of
HOI2

> Engineer Brigades help crossing rivers, making the process quicker and
> reducing disorganisation.

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  Model      Default   Morale   Air      Air    Soft     Hard     Tough-\   Defens-\   Soft-\      Cost   Build-\   Man-\   Max     Supply   Fuel    Supp.   Transp.   Upgrade   Upgrade   Speed   Speed   Speed   Speed
             ORG                Attack   Def.   Attack   Attack   ness      iveness    ness               time      power   Speed   Cons.    Cons.           Weight    Time      Cost      Cap Art Cap Eng Cap AT  Cap AA
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Engineer                                                        3         5                      4      45        2.5     0.5     0.12     0.1                       0.5       1.0                               
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## Contents {#mw-toc-heading}

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-   [[ 1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Effects ]{.toctext}](#Effects)
-   [[ 2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Technology ]{.toctext}](#Technology)
    -   [[ 2.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Industry ]{.toctext}](#Industry)
-   [[ 3 ]{.tocnumber} [ Division ]{.toctext}](#Division)
-   [[ 4 ]{.tocnumber} [ Engineer Brigade (HOI2)
    ]{.toctext}](#Engineer_Brigade_.28HOI2.29)
-   [[ 5 ]{.tocnumber} [ Notes ]{.toctext}](#Notes)
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## [ Effects ]{#Effects .mw-headline}

-   Engineer Brigades add +20 to [River
    Crossing](/wiki/index.php?title=River_Crossing&action=edit&redlink=1 "River Crossing (page does not exist)"){.new}
    , thus reducing the combat penalty for attacking across a river by
    20 (eg
    [INF](/wiki/index.php?title=INF&action=edit&redlink=1 "INF (page does not exist)"){.new}
    goes from -50 to -30)
-   When an Engineer Brigade is included in combat (i.e. Attacking)
    against an enemy province the damage to
    [Infrastructure](/wiki/index.php?title=Infrastructure&action=edit&redlink=1 "Infrastructure (page does not exist)"){.new}
    is increased.
-   Engineer Brigades are the only Brigade that provides a speed
    increase.

## [ Technology ]{#Technology .mw-headline}

[Rear Area Supply
Dumps](/wiki/index.php?title=Rear_Area_Supply_Dumps&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rear Area Supply Dumps (page does not exist)"){.new}
(1936)

Activates Engineer Brigade, giving the ability to produce them

[Assault
Breakthrough](/wiki/index.php?title=Assault_Breakthrough&action=edit&redlink=1 "Assault Breakthrough (page does not exist)"){.new}
(1944)

Reduces the cost of building a Engineer Brigade by (-5)

[Attritional Containment
Doctrine](/wiki/index.php?title=Attritional_Containment_Doctrine&action=edit&redlink=1 "Attritional Containment Doctrine (page does not exist)"){.new}
(1942)

Reduces the cost of building a Engineer Brigade by (-5)

[Infiltration Assault
Doctrine](/wiki/index.php?title=Infiltration_Assault_Doctrine&action=edit&redlink=1 "Infiltration Assault Doctrine (page does not exist)"){.new}
(1942)

Increases the night move of a Engineer Brigade by (10)

Increases the night attack of a Engineer Brigade by (10)

Increases the night defence of a Engineer Brigade by (10)

[Infiltration in
Depth](/wiki/index.php?title=Infiltration_in_Depth&action=edit&redlink=1 "Infiltration in Depth (page does not exist)"){.new}
(1943)

Increases the night move of a Engineer Brigade by (40)

Increases the night attack of a Engineer Brigade by (40)

Increases the night defence of a Engineer Brigade by (40)

### [ [Industry](/wiki/index.php?title=Industry&action=edit&redlink=1 "Industry (page does not exist)"){.new} ]{#Industry .mw-headline}

[Small Arms Assembly
Line](/wiki/index.php?title=Small_Arms_Assembly_Line&action=edit&redlink=1 "Small Arms Assembly Line (page does not exist)"){.new}

Reduces the time of building a Engineer Brigade (-10)

## [ Division ]{#Division .mw-headline}

The following are the list of Divisions that can have Engineer Brigades
attached, and some notes on thier effects.

-   [Armoured
    Division](/wiki/index.php?title=Armoured_Division&action=edit&redlink=1 "Armoured Division (page does not exist)"){.new}
    , Engineers are usually seen as only useful to Type I. as a speed
    increase.
-   [Light Armoured
    Division](/wiki/index.php?title=Light_Armoured_Division&action=edit&redlink=1 "Light Armoured Division (page does not exist)"){.new}
    , Engineers are rarely attached
-   [Cavalry Division](/wiki/Cavalry_Division "Cavalry Division") ,
    Engineers are never attached. They never increase the speed CAV
    types and the other advantages are negligable or useless.
-   [HQ Division](/wiki/HQ_Division "HQ Division") , Engineers are never
    attached. They never increase the speed and the other advantages are
    negligable or useless.
-   [Infantry Division](/wiki/Infantry_Division "Infantry Division") ,
    Engineers are most useful to Type I. to III. They remain slightly
    useful to all INF Types
-   [Motorized Division](/wiki/Motorized_Division "Motorized Division")
    , Engineers are rarely attached, the speed increase is negligable.
-   [Mechanized
    Division](/wiki/Mechanized_Division "Mechanized Division") ,
    Engineers are rarely attached, the speed increase is negligable.
-   [Garrison Division](/wiki/Garrison_Division "Garrison Division") ,
    UNKNOWN what effect.
-   [Mountain Division](/wiki/Mountain_Division "Mountain Division") ,
    Engineers are useful for Type I. Mountain Divisions, as they
    increase their speed. They do not increase the speed for any other
    Mountain Division.
-   [Marine Division](/wiki/Marine_Division "Marine Division") ,
    Engineers are rarely attached, there are usually better Brigades to
    attach. Speed being the not greatly useful to Marines

## [ ]{#Engineer_Brigade_(HOI2)} [ [Engineer Brigade (HOI2)](/wiki/Engineer_Brigade_(HOI2) "Engineer Brigade (HOI2)") ]{#Engineer_Brigade_.28HOI2.29 .mw-headline}

## [ Notes ]{#Notes .mw-headline}

The [Brigade Strategy
Guide](/wiki/Brigade_Strategy_Guide "Brigade Strategy Guide") lists
Engineer Brigades as useless. This guide is ment to be a little more
expansive.

-   **Engineers** are percieved poorly, mainly due to thier high
    manpower cost (2.5), also
    [Toughness](/wiki/index.php?title=Toughness&action=edit&redlink=1 "Toughness (page does not exist)"){.new}
    and
    [Defensiveness](/wiki/index.php?title=Defensiveness&action=edit&redlink=1 "Defensiveness (page does not exist)"){.new}
    do little in combat.

An example being that four [Infantry
Divisions](/wiki/Infantry_Division "Infantry Division") with Engineers
cost the same in manpower as five [Infantry
Divisions](/wiki/Infantry_Division "Infantry Division") . Five [Infantry
Divisions](/wiki/Infantry_Division "Infantry Division") are generally
seen as much more useful.
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