Organization:Myanmar Military Engineering Corps

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Myanmar Military Engineering Corps
စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာတပ်ဖွဲ့
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Activec. 1949–present[1]
Country Myanmar
BranchTemplate:Military
TypeMilitary engineering
RoleCombat engineering, construction, disaster relief, infrastructure development
Motto(s)To Move, To Fight, To Live[2]

The Myanmar Military Engineering Corps (Burmese: စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာတပ်ဖွဲ့) is the engineering branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. The corps provides combat engineering support, infrastructure development, disaster relief and humanitarian aid operations.[3] The corps also contributes to national infrastructure projects that support both civilian and military needs.[4]

History

The corps was formed in 1947, being split from the Madras Sapper Miners Corps of British India, becoming the Burma Sapper Miners Corps. In 1949, during the start of the Myanmar civil war, the training engineer battlion in Pyin Oo Lwin foguht against the Karen National Defence Organisation, recapturing the town.[5] This led to the Corps' establishment in 1949.[6] For her bravery in the battle, Ma Chit Po, the wife of Corporal Hla Maung of the training engineer battalion's, was made the commander becoming the first female commander of the Military Engineering Corps in Myanmar.[5]

In the 1990s, the corps produced LA-97 voice scramblers based on scramblers from South Africa. The Army controlled companies to purchase componets and parts and produce and test at Communications Factories in the suburbs of Yangon.[7]

The corps is known to lay mines and operate boats, being present on the battle field prior to the Battle of Ann of the ongoing civil war in 2024. Military engineers were sent to forward outposts to protect Ann but were engaged by the opposing Arakan Army forces.[8]

Structure

As of 2021 there were 55 engineer battalions in the Tatmadaw.[9]

The corps' new recruits are classed based on their level of educational attainment among general military eligibility requirements. Recruits with existing engineering related degrees are appointed as officers Sergeants after 3 years of military service.[10] Like other branches of the Myanmar Army, soldiers in the corps are required to be proficient in military tactics.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Corps of military engineers serving nation‑building tasks, infrastructures in border region: SG". https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi%3Aeng/news/13179. 
  2. ↑ "Corps of military engineers serving nation-building tasks, infrastructures in border region: SG - Global New Light Of Myanmar" (in en-US). 2024-02-25. https://www.gnlm.com.mm/corps-of-military-engineers-serving-nation-building-tasks-infrastructures-in-border-region-sg/. 
  3. ↑ "Develop engineering profession for serving the State and the people" (in en). http://www.mdn.gov.mm/en/develop-engineering-profession-serving-state-and-people. 
  4. ↑ Myoe, Maung Aung (2009-01-22), "5. Military Training and Officer Education" (in en), Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948 (ISEAS Publishing): pp. 135–162, doi:10.1355/9789812308498-009/pdf?licensetype=restricted&srsltid=afmboopywrb8yt8vvqh-l_jui5lovxv6qxgmtowzpet4ccgouztv_bg2, ISBN 978-981-230-849-8, https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1355/9789812308498-009/pdf?licenseType=restricted&srsltid=AfmBOopYWRB8Yt8vVQh-L_Jui5LovXv6qXgmtowzPEt4CCGoUZTv_Bg2, retrieved 2025-12-09 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "မြန်မာ့စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာတပ်ဖွဲ့သည် နိုင်ငံတကာအဆင့်မီ စစ်လက်ရုံးတပ်ဖွဲ့တစ်ခုအဖြစ် ရပ်တည်နိုင်ပြီဖြစ်ကြောင်း SAC ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ပြောကြား – Myanmar Transparency News" (in my). https://www.mtnewstoday.com/?p=54494. 
  6. ↑ "Diamond Jubilee: Celebrating 75 years of the Military Engineering Corps | Myanmar International TV" (in en). https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/diamond-jubilee-celebrating-75-years-military-engineering-corps. 
  7. ↑ "How the Tatmadaw Talks: The Burmese Army's Radio Station". Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Working Paper (Canberra: Australian National University) (388). 2004. https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/78dc87cd-90c4-4a8c-968f-d3a933ce5223/content. 
  8. ↑ "ရှေ့တန်းပို့ခံ၇သည့် စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင် ၅ ဦးထွက်ပြေးရာမှ တစ်ဦးရေနစ်သေဆုံး" (in my). https://burmese.narinjara.com/news/detail/66f2ab94f973a1a1cfee6069. 
  9. ↑ "Myanmar - Military Structure and Training". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/myanmar/tatmadaw-4.htm. 
  10. ↑ "စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာတပ်ဖွဲ့ ခေါ်ယူခြင်း – PCT NEWS HOMEPAGE" (in en-US). 2023-01-23. https://pct.com.mm/2023/01/23/%e1%80%85%e1%80%85%e1%80%ba%e1%80%a1%e1%80%84%e1%80%ba%e1%80%82%e1%80%bb%e1%80%84%e1%80%ba%e1%80%94%e1%80%ae%e1%80%9a%e1%80%ac%e1%80%90%e1%80%95%e1%80%ba%e1%80%96%e1%80%bd%e1%80%b2%e1%80%b7-%e1%80%81/. 
  11. ↑ "ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၆ ရက် နိုင်ငံတဝန်းသတင်းများအနှစ်ချုပ် - မြန်မာဘက်က ကျည်ထပ်ကျရင် တုံ့ပြန်မယ်လို့ ထိုင်းကာချုပ်ပြော" (in my). BBC. 6 December 2025. https://www.bbc.com/burmese/articles/cvg86zpzxymo. 



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