Hi guys,

I wonder if the US Army ever experimented with a folding bridge on a truck like the Russians did ?
Or did they only used the M48/M60 based scissor bridge ?
I'm NOT talking about REBS or Dry Support Bridge.

Ge

BUMP !!

No-one ?

Ge

I'll check my book about 'US Military wheeled vehicles' later today. If he says there was one then we know, if nothing is said then we know nothing ...
/ Robin

Tack, Robin !

Ge

Did some googling first ..





There was this Brockway truck but I don't think it was a bridgelayer as such, rather a transporter/lifter for elements used when building a bridge manually:





Bridging a tractor-trailer


Edit:
Checked the book by Fred Crismon: He only mentions the Brockway truck above. The demand for this truck was big enough to bring another manufacturer into the programme. It could launch treadway bridges. I assume it was bridges for lighter loads like trucks (not armour).

/ Robin

THere was the M1 Leguan, by KMW, similar/update to the Bundeswehr Brückenlegepanzer Biber, PSM Biber

SFAIK this was only a prototype, was tested in desert conditions, & may not have reached operational std.

The US Army Heavy Assault Bridge „Wolverine“

Look up LARC-V and BARC-LX. There were various treadway bridges based on them.

The M945 and the M812 are the US Army bridge trucks.

M812 launching a pontoon bridge element


Loaded with the boat needed to assemble the sections into a floating bridge


M945


This type of bridging system can only be used to cross waters (rivers or lakes) but can not be used to bridge dry gaps.
/ Robin


Edit:This one will bridge dry gaps if they are not too wide ...

Guys,

First of all many thanks to all the input.
But all the shown photo's all not exactly what i'm looking for.
What i mean is a folding bridge mounted on a 5-ton truck like the one is this photo:

http://www.maquetland.com/v2/images_articles/1110785278_KRAZ_255_silta.jpg

Any ideas if the US Army ever experimented whit this idea?


Gé