U. S. Collapsable Bridges for Tanks Logistics

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Title (Dublin Core): U. S. Collapsable Bridges for Tanks Logistics
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Transport; en Tanks and Armored Vehicles
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): How Tank-Carrying Bridges are Built
extracted text (Extract Text): AMERICAN Army combat engineers have
a thumping surprise for enemy troops
Who think they can stymie pursuit by blow-
ing up big bridges. It's their pride now to
duplicate the carrying capacity of the husk-
iest span you ever saw in about the time it
takes to see a double-feature movie show.
‘When they've finished, our armor goes roar-
ing over water that in another war might
have taken weeks to cross. The engineers
do it with rubber and steel and a remark-
able new equipment carrier.

They're close at hand when the enemy
retreats across a river and destroys the only
bridge that can carry heavy traf-
fic. Hardly has the wrecked span
hit the water before they roll mer-
rily out of camouflaged dispersal
positions and go to work on the
near shore. In recent maneuvers,
the 22nd Armored Engineer Bat-
talion built a 330-foot bridge in
three hours and two minutes.

This amazing achievement
means speedy crossings for heavy
armor and much greater safety.
Brought into use are longer, stur-
dier pontons, improved steel sad-
dles, and wider treadways.
Contributor (Dublin Core): Jack O'Brine (writer); William W. Morris (photographer)
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1943-12
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, vol. 143, n. 6, 1943
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 86-89
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Matteo Ridolfi; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America

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