can anyone ID this piece of Engineer kit?

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by sapper740
In the Caen pic the RB 19 has a short, solid framed arm with a shovel whereas the crane in your pic has a long skeleton arm.

Derek,

The 19-RB working in Caen is rigged as a face shovel, notice the door on the back of the bucket is open to discharge. With another jib it could be used as a dragline.

Jif and his "steam shovel" .....the only time it would steam would be if the coolant level was low.