Armoured Bridging systems

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[ArmChairCivvy]

Titan is an armoured engineer vehicle designed to enable troops and vehicles to cross gaps of up to 60 metres by laying a selection of close support bridges.

^60 meters, sounds like a lot? Compare with the widely adopted:
"The LEGUAN bridge-laying tank can configure one 26 meter or two 14 meter bridges with a load rating of class MLC 80. (exceptional load rating class up to MLC 110)."

[Tinman]

M3 Amphibious Bridging Vehicle

The M3 amphibious rig can be driven into a river and used as a ferry or, when a number are joined together from bank to bank, as a bridge, capable of taking vehicles as heavy as the Challenger 2 main battle tank.
The M3 has a number of improvements over the M2, which it replaced:
it can deploy pontoons on the move, in or out of water
it needs no on-site preparation to enter the water
it can be controlled from inside the cab when ‘swimming’
its control functions have been automated allowing the crew to be reduced from four to three.
A single two-bay M3 can carry a Class 70 tracked vehicle, where two M2s would have been required for this task with additional buoyancy bags. Eight M3 units and 24 soldiers can build a 100m bridge in 30 minutes compared with 12 M2s, 48 soldiers and a construction time of 45 minutes. The M3 is only 1.4m longer and 3,300kg heavier than the M2. It is still faster and more manoeuvrable on land and in water. A four-wheel steering facility gives a turning diameter of 24m.

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/23257.aspx

Didn't the Army use this to launch a CR2 strike in Iraq?

[marktigger]

do we still use MGB and HGOB

[Jackstar]

Bridges

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