military bridging

[Hendrik van Oorspronk]

Originally posted by David Potter
And another one....

Someone, please tell me if these are too boring or off subject for forum!

David

I think they are a bit off subject(very US), but if you have more, I am bored yet.

Hendrik

[Alex van de Wetering]

I am trying to source which publication the attached drawings are from that David posted earlier in this thread, as I am hoping to get a larger scan of the diagrams?
Does anyone know the source of these diagrams?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

I am trying to source which publication the attached drawings are from that David posted earlier in this thread, as I am hoping to get a larger scan of the diagrams?
Does anyone know the source of these diagrams?

I am still looking for some higher resolution scans of the drawings attached. Does anyone know where these came from?




And does anyone know if there ever was a manual/publication on the Folding boat and pontoon equipment as used on the Canadian Diamond T 975's.....apart from the diagram from the design records?

regards,
Alex

[Ed Storey]

These are the FBE manuals that I am aware of:

Military Engineering, Vol. III, Part II, Equipment, Bridges (excluding Bailey)
Pamphlet No. 2, Folding Boat Equipment, Mark II, 1936
Pamphlet No. 13, Folding Boat Equipment, Mark III, 1945

Parts List for Trailers 4-wheeled 35-cwt, Folding Boat, Pontoon Nos. 1 and 2 Mark I, 1938

Provisional Handbook for Folding Boat Equipment, Mark III, 1941

Royal Engineers Training Memorandum
No. 16 June 1945 Carriage of Folding Boats in 3-ton Lorries

Army Training Memorandum
No. 14 1934 Folding Boat Equipment

[Alex van de Wetering]

Ed, Thanks for taking the time to look into this.

I have purchased copies the first two pamphlets you mentioned; Pamphlet no. 2, dated 1939 and Pamphlet no. 13, dated 1945.
The former shows some diagrams of very early trucks FBE trucks, which are not the ones I am after, but nonetheless interesting to add to this thread.
The latter does show the trucks with the 4 pillars, but only as a picture, not the diagrams that David posted here years ago.

[Ed Storey]

Yeah, that is the problem when you try to track down unatributed photographs that have been posted to a forum.