Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from EBay
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image of a German pontoon bridge:

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two images from EBay:

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[Clive Mortimore]

Hey Clive.

Don't know if someone has posted already, but often the Germans did capture and actively use tanks from the 'other' side.

Please see (hopefully) attached images of such examples;

Hi cnicoll123

Thanks for thr post. The German army was pretty good at making up any short comings in equipment by using what it had captured. What I was originally asking did anyonme know what if any captured bridging equipment was used. Mainly with the help of Strum and George this thread has evoloved into a general bridging and assualt boat thread, which has been excellent. There are a few un-indentified bridges that might be captured equipment.

Yours

Clive

[cnicoll123]

Ah....

Apologies Clive, was running on the theory of 'Captured equipment'.

If you want to narrow your definitive search, look along the regions on 'Pioneer' and 'Sapper' units.

Currently watching the 'World at War' series (UK documentary series, some 20+ years old). From what i can gather the start of 'The Battle of France' is where bridging-equipment was used, crossing rivers along the French border. In addition to this, presumably the Norwegian and Baltic campaigns at the start of the war too.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Sturmboot 39 :

Does anyone know the horsepower (and manufacturer) of the engine of these boats ?

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[Clive Mortimore]

Hi all,

Sturmboot 39 :

Does anyone know the horsepower (and manufacturer) of the engine of these boats ?

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Sturm78

Hi Sturm

Does this help? http://sturmboot-kommando.de/?page_id=202

[SIS 5]

Hi Clive,

to Your question about captured bridging equipment, which was used by the German army. I was looking through the pics of this topic and I could find some pics of captured Czechoslovakian bridging equipment.

Here they come:

Regards

Bert

[SIS 5]

Here the next ones:

Bert

[Clive Mortimore]

Thanks Bert

[SIS 5]

And here the last ones:

Regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I think K bridge material on a truck (and a Sd.Ah.108 trailer).
Does somebody have any more images of this bridge material in transport position on trucks?

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Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

in the book "Deutsche Pioniere im Einsatz 1939 - 1945" by Horst Riebenstahl I could find a pic of a truck transporting the K-Gerät.

Regards

Bert

[SIS 5]

Hi Clive,

to Your question about captured bridging equipment, which was used by the German army. Here a pic out of the book "Deutsche Pioniere 1939 - 1945" I found a pic of captured French bridging equipment. The caption to the pic:
"The march is still going on. Soldiers of the engineers batallions 6 and 41 found a fast solution: with the bridging building material of the French school of engineers in Angers they built a pontoon bridge for 6 tons with a length of 200 meters 19th June 1940 over the Loire near to Ingrandes beside the destroyed part of the old street bridge."

Regards

Bert

[Clive Mortimore]

Hi Clive,

to Your question about captured bridging equipment, which was used by the German army. Here a pic out of the book "Deutsche Pioniere 1939 - 1945" I found a pic of captured French bridging equipment. The caption to the pic:
"The march is still going on. Soldiers of the engineers batallions 6 and 41 found a fast solution: with the bridging building material of the French school of engineers in Angers they built a pontoon bridge for 6 tons with a length of 200 meters 19th June 1940 over the Loire near to Ingrandes beside the destroyed part of the old street bridge."

Regards

Bert

Thanks Bert,

I have a couple of Horst Riebenstahl's books on German Engineers but not this one. It is now on my Christmas list.

I know with waepons and tanks they were given a Fremdengerat number, did equipment like bridges get given such numbers? If so is there a list somewhere?

Yours

Clive