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The PMA 1916 includes fast components with a standard length of 3 meters that can fulfill both pillars as pontoons. The elements support every 27 meters could be cast as a bridge with carrying capacity of 12 tonnes. A heavier bridge with Deadweight of 16 tons can be built by the bridge parts to support every 21 meters and also connect diagonally
The more recent PMA 1922 elements can be also used for the rapid construction of a non-supported bridge with a maximum span of 27 meters and a carrying capacity of 16 tons. Also, these elements can also be used on a wider watercourses with pillars or pontoons and then retain their load-bearing capacity of 16 tons.
The Pontoon Battalion mobilizes sufficient bridge portions of both types for a total capacity of 531m bridge with a load capacity of 16 tons. This material is distributed over the various companies and will be used to build a series of bridges over the major waterways of our country to help the field army in carrying out the various phases of the journey back to Flanders.
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The Equipages Automobiles Pont operates a fleet of approximately 150 trucks and 130 trailers metal pontoons and wooden components for transporting floating boat bridge and is divided into six platoons
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. Each platoon has 23 trailers: 17 trailers, each one pontoon, four trailers with wooden trestles and two trailers with building materials for abutments. The pack is able to provide the following capacitance bridge with its material:
If all of the pontoons and construction timber are used, one a floating bridge with a tip can be applied to pillars which has a maximum span of 129 meters and a load-bearing capacity of 4 tons
By using only the pontoons, the maximum length of the bridge is limited to 109 meters with the same load-bearing capacity.
The pontoons can be also laid out in parallel, so AA bridge with load-bearing capacity occurs between 7 tonnes and 9 metric tons, depending on the strength of the flow.
Finally, the material can also be used for the construction of ferries and yaw bridges which may consist of from 1 to 6 pontoons.
Equipages Automobiles Pont Lourd has a similar contract for the strongest bridge material with about 50 trucks and about as many trailers, divided into four platoons
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ALGRAIN, P. Monographie des Matériels Algrain de ponts, de ponceaux et de patelages métalliques - militaires et coloniaux. -T.IV,2 (1944)
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