601st Engineer Grouping (Argentina)

601 Engineer Grouping
Agrupación de Comunicaciones 601
The Minister of Defense Oscar Aguad at the 601st. Engineer Grouping in Campo de Mayo, Feb 2019
Country	Argentina
Branch	Argentine Army
Type	Combat engineer
Role	Bomb disposal CBRN defense Controlled burn Demining Demolition Disaster response Emergency management Hydraulic engineering Hyperbaric welding Military engineering Reconnaissance Tactical emergency medical services Underwater demolition
Part of	Army Enlistment and Training Command
Garrison/HQ	Campo de Mayo Army Garrison

The 601 Engineer Grouping (Agr Ing 601) is an Argentine Army (EA) combat engineer grouping that specialised CBRN defense management, defusing and disposal of bombs and land mines, disaster response, hydraulic engineering, hyperbaric welding, military engineering, and wildfire prevention. It is based at Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.[1][2]

Structure

• 601 Engineer Grouping Headquarters. Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
  • 601 Engineer Battalion. Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
  • 601 CBRN and Emergency Support Company. San Nicolás de los Arroyos Barracks.
  • 601 Facilities Maintenance Engineer Company. Villa Martelli Army Garrison.
  • 601 Army Divers Engineer Company. Villa Martelli Army Garrison.
  • 601 Transport Engineer Company. Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.
  • 601 Water Engineer Company. Campo de Mayo Army Garrison.

Source[2]

Humanitarian aids

In 2019, the Ministry of Defense supplied the 601 Engineer Grouping with heavy equipment, water treatment plants, pneumatic machines and tools, New Holland D-180C bulldozers, Komatsu WA-320 front loaders, Case 580-W backhoe loaders, GEFCO drills and Sany STC-800 cranes.[3] Argentine Army's Engineer Branch personnel manufactured a water purification and bagging plant. It has a capacity of 6000 L by micro filtration or 3000 by reverse osmosis, and can pack 1200 sachets of water per hour.[3]

In 2019, 601 Engineer Grouping elements deployed at Santa Cruz de la Sierra y Concepción, Bolivia, in order to provide logistical support to the fight against Amazon rainforest wildfires. The movement was carried out in coordination with units of the Navy of the Argentine Republic. Personnel and equipment of the Grouping with its Headquarters and Staff joined the mission, in addition to the 601st Water Engineer Company. Also operators of road machinery of the 601st Engineer Battalion. An approximate number of 200 troops was totaled.[4][5][6]

References

1. "Celebración del día del arma de ingenieros". Soldados (in Spanish) (257): 8. 2019. ISSN 0329-4358.
2. Libro Blanco de la Defensa 2015 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 2015. Despliegue detallado de las Fuerzas Armadas. ISBN 978-987-3689-25-3.
3. "El ministro de Defensa visitó la Agrupación de Ingenieros 601". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
4. Quijano, Rosario (2019). "Nuestras Fuerzas Armadas apoyan en la lucha contra incendios en Bolivia". Soldados (257): 12. ISSN 0329-4358.
5. "La UMRE argentina en la Amazonia - realidad y necesidades". Zona Militar (in Spanish). 10 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
6. "Tropas argentinas en Bolivia". Defensa.com (in Spanish). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.