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English: Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion launch a line charge from an Assault Breacher Vehicle here for the first time in the fleet, Nov. 23. The line charge, a long string of C4 explosives attached to a rocket, is used to clear a lane of all mines or improvised explosive devices so that tanks and other large equipment have a safe path to navigate on. (Official Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Brian M. Woodruff) (RELEASED)
Deutsch: Assault Breacher Vehicle beim Abfeuern der Mine Clearing Line Charges. Der Pionierpanzer basiert auf dem M1A1 Abrams und wird beim USMC eingesetzt
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Source http://www.marines.mil/unit/2ndmardiv/_layouts/imagemeta.aspx?image=http://www.marines.mil/unit/2ndmardiv/PublishingImages/081123-M-0381W-001.jpg
VRIN:081123-M-0381W-001
Author Official Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Brian M. Woodruff

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23 November 2008