G'day fellas,

Just beginning to add finishing touches to my M1 and wanted to know what the briding weight of an M1 with plow would be?

Thanks guys
Stew

Mine plow specs.
M1 Mine Clearing Blade System
Primary function: To effectively counteract and neutralize all land mines.
Manufacturer: Israel Military Industries

M1A1 MINE CLEARING BLADE SYSTEM
Weight: 4.5 tons (4.08 metric tons)
Length: 9.6 feet (2.92 meters)
Width: 14.9 feet (4.54 meters)
Height: 2.5 feet (2.29 meters)
Square: 143 square feet (13.30 square meters)
Cube: 346 cubic feet (10.38 cubic meters)

just add 4.5 tons to the loaded weight

If you are looking for the bridge classification weight to put on the front hull, it would still be 68 tons. The classification weight is only for the tank. Since the plow can be added to any tank, the stenciled weight doesn't change.

Thanks for the replies fellas,

Would an increased weight be inforamally 'chalked' onto the front of the tank for bridging ops - say 73 or 74 tonnes - or is that unrealistic?

Cheers
Stew

The tank wouldn't be taken across a bridge that couldn't handle the weight and then some. Why would the combined weight need to be marked? The crew would know what the weight was and would not cross a bridge that couldn't handle it.

As well, you wouldn't modify the existing bridging marks. The 70 (or 68, depending on chassis) would be marked there, with no chalking modfications.

Like Sabot said, the crew knows, or should, and if the crew didn't, someone screwed up in promoting that tank commander.

Jed

Ok, thanks fellas for your assistance

Stew