Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by SIS 5 » 16 Jan 2018, 21:32

Hi Sturm 78,

comparing the two bridges with this Brückengerät, I think that it is the captured Czechoslovakian Brückengerät (t).

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 16 Jan 2018, 22:23

Bert wrote
comparing the two bridges with this Brückengerät, I think that it is the captured Czechoslovakian Brückengerät (t).
Ummmhhh...Your image is too small to can compare..but I think the ends of the pontoons are different... :?
The pontoons of my image have flat ends but the pontoons of your image have raised ends... :? although we can see only a end......

Here, another image from Ebay: Brückengerät A pontoon bridge ???

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by SIS 5 » 19 Jan 2018, 00:58

Hi Sturm 78,

Your doubts are justified. I was not looking at the pontoons, but on the way, how the beams are joined. But it isn´t a Brückengerät A pontoon bridge on Your pic.

That´s Brückengerät A pontoon bridge on the image of ebay.

Best regards

Bert

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by SIS 5 » 20 Jan 2018, 12:41

Hi Sturm 78,

finally I could find a pic with the rear side of the Czechoslovakian pontoon. I think it does matsch with the pontoons on Your pic.

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 20 Jan 2018, 16:20

Bert wrote
our doubts are justified. I was not looking at the pontoons, but on the way, how the beams are joined. But it isn´t a Brückengerät A pontoon bridge on Your pic.

That´s Brückengerät A pontoon bridge on the image of ebay.
Bert erote
finally I could find a pic with the rear side of the Czechoslovakian pontoon. I think it does matsch with the pontoons on Your pic.
First, Thank you ver much for your help, Bert. Often It is difficult identify correctly these equipments.
So...my image posted on 14 January would be a Czechoslovakian Brückengerät (t) and my image posted on 16 January a Brückengerät A, is it not ??

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by SIS 5 » 22 Jan 2018, 20:05

Hi Sturm 78,

You are really right. It is very difficult to identify the bridge building equipments. Here two more pics: first Czechoslovakian, second German equipment A.

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 Jan 2018, 00:21

Thank you very much for your two nice images of these equipments, Bert... :)

Here, another interesting image from Ebay. According to photo caption, Austrian M36 bridge equipment

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by SIS 5 » 23 Jan 2018, 10:46

Hi Sturm 78,

thank You very much for this pic. Really interesting. The pontoons and the bridge are Austrian, but I have some doubts, that it is the modern M36 bridge equipment. The M 36 is metallic, and here it is wooden.

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 05 Feb 2018, 22:26

Hi all,

Sturmboot 39

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 15 Feb 2018, 22:06

Hi all,

An image from Ebay: pontoon ferry on the sea... 8O

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 17 Feb 2018, 13:00

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this assault boat or pontoon of Chinese Army ??

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 14 Mar 2018, 21:17

Hi all,

A hungarian pontoon bridge:

Image from http://thehonvedhungarianarmedforces.blogspot.com.es/
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CV35 hungarian tankette of 1. felderítőzászlóalj (1.Reconnaissance Battalion) on a pontoon bridge.jpg

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Jul 2018, 08:28

Hi all,

A hungarian personnel bridge (according to Ebay photo caption):

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by davidedwardmawer » 11 Sep 2018, 11:04

Enjoy this wonderful Wehrmacht training film on river crossing with Brückengerät:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0NMGuv1mE

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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

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Post by Leo Niehorster » 12 Sep 2018, 17:50

Nice find!
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