Engineering Platoon

Engineering platoon (bridges, crossings, fortifications)

1. Victor Plotnikov - Foundation - Captain
   The commander of an engineering platoon. He's stocky, with hands like shovels and the perpetual smell of cement. A former civilian bridge builder, he speaks slowly and deliberately. He's a stickler for precision: if a drawing's off by a centimeter, he redoes everything. In battle, he's as calm as a concrete slab. He teaches the young: "The bridge you built must be able to withstand a tank. And your conscience."
2. Andrey Kovalev - Welding - Senior Lieutenant
   A metalworking specialist. Thin, with eyes perpetually red from welding. He can weld a bridge from scrap metal. He carries around an old welding machine he built himself. He's a man of few words, but once you start talking about metal, he's unstoppable. In his spare time, he makes knives from springs.
3. Grigory Maltsev - Dam - Sergeant
   A specialist in crossings and water obstacles. A burly man with a beard, a former riverboat operator. He can build a pontoon crossing in an hour. He's not afraid of water or cold. In combat, he's as reliable as a rock. He likes to joke that "water doesn't ask who you are, it just flows."
4. Valentin Zhukov - Concrete - Ensign
   A fortification specialist (dugouts, trenches, fortifications). Silent, with perpetually dirty hands. He can build a dugout that can withstand a direct hit. He knows all types of soil and their behavior. He believes that "a good trench saves more lives than a good machine gun."
5. Nikolai Stroev - Drawing - Private
   A young engineer, assistant. Thin, bespectacled, with a perpetually pensive expression. Responsible for calculations and documentation. Can draw a diagram of a bridge or fortification in the field. A bit clumsy, but very diligent. Dreams of becoming an architect after the war.