military bridging

[MicS]

Originally Posted by motto

In the photo Michel posted of the bridge at Elbeuf (post 162). What is the tracked vehicle in the left foreground with the engine covers open?
It looks a little strange.

David

That's a German Sd.Kfz 251/D Armoured Personnel Carrier half-track.

Michel

[motto]

Thanks Michel, maybe it's the angle from which the photo was taken but I couldn't work out what it was. The onlookers must be obscuring the front wheel.

David

[Lang]

Found a better detail photo of the bridge on the India/Burma border plus another one on our trip through Northern India

[Mike Cecil]

Ha! I like the contrast: 'Friendship Road' ... and a guy with an auto slung over his shoulder!

The Triple Triple (TT) had a curious way of construction: build a Triple Double (TD), launch it in to place, then add the third layer of panels, starting from both sides, in equal steps. The last step is to add the top cross braces, from the bridge span's centre and working in equal steps outwards in each direction.

The other curious thing about the TT bridge is that it requires only a TD at each bridge end panel, rather than the TT as shown here.

Mike C