Engineer
Sapper
Sapper noun - A military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
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Nearby Word: sapped
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Sapper/engineer units and some specialized infantry carry napalm weapons, which are especially deadly in urban fighting and can kill tanks at short range.
- This lead to hilarity when done repeatedly, since the engineer would repeatedly yell "SPY SAPPIN' MY _____" and be spammed by sapper alerts.
- The Engineer : As already mentioned, the country's hat in the context of NATO is expert sapper work.
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