Its purpose is to transport and support combat engineers on the battlefield; the vehicle includes obstacle clearing and lane marking systems as well as mine detection devices.

Its most distinctive feature is a mine-clearance blade, it is most often towing a wheeled trailer loaded with additional equipment.

The vehicle is capable of clearing mines on paved surfaces and some rubble clearance.

Other mobility tasks can be completed by the mounted engineer squad with the tools on the vehicle and trailer.

[2][3] According to Oryx blog, as of 6 January 2024, 5 M1132s were confirmed destroyed by photos and videos out of 20 supplied by the U.S.[4] This article incorporates work from https://web.archive.org/web/20080516205906/http://www.sbct.army.mil/product_esv.html, which is in the public domain as it is a work of the United States Military.