AEV
Noun
Meaning
(military) armored engineering vehicle
(transport) article of extraordinary value; any transported item with a value exceeding 100 USD per imperial pound.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
In the US the term "combat engineer vehicle (CEV)" is used, in the UK the term " Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE)" is used, while in Canada and other commonwealth nations the term "armoured engineer vehicle (AEV)" is used.
Thus, "armoured engineer vehicle" used generically would refer to AEV, AVLB, Assault Breachers, and so on.
The original club, AEV, was formed in 1878, the oldest German ice sport club and regularly draws around 4000 spectators, quite reasonable for German ice hockey.