PMP Floating Bridge
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Hungarian PMP Pontoon Bridge, that crosses the Sava river at Slavonski Brod, Croatia, 1996.
PMP Floating Bridge was a series of mobile pontoon bridge's designed by the Soviet Union, and used by the Red Army during World War II. The bridge's design enabled for a quick assembly of its parts.[1] It had a carrying capacity of 60 tons.[1] During the process of deployment, a truck is backed alongside the water's edge, and the bridge rolled off where it unfolds automatically, spanning 390 metres with 32 river pontoons, 12 bridging boats and four shore pontoons.[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DIANE Publishing Company (2004), Handbook On Soviet Ground Forces, DIANE Publishing, ISBN 9780788132599
- ↑ http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=PMP+Floating+Bridge&offset=0
