Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

[Sturm78]

Thank you, Bert. I think you are right

Regards
Sturm78

[tigre]

Hello to all ; something more..............

Waffen SS - Barbarossa 1941!.

Source: https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/726 ... -1945-1962

Cheers. Raúl M .

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from Ebay:

Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

thank You very much for posting this interesting pic. What a load on two large pneumatic boats (großer Flossack 34): a heavy infantry gun with 1750 kg and a minimum of twelf soldiers. That´s nearly three tons.

Best regards

Bert

[Alanmccoubrey]

Bert, you forgot to add the bicycle !

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Not German but.... :roll: ....a abandoned Russian pontoon wagon, according to photo caption.
Any idea about the model ?

Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

that was a hard nut to crack. That´s a pontoon wagon of the old Russian bridge buildung system Tomilovski from 1872 VPPT (ВППТ), the exact Russian designation is "понтонно-весельный парк обр. 1872 г. системы П.П. Томиловского. Here a pic of such wagons with pontoons.

Best regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Bert wrote
that was a hard nut to crack. That´s a pontoon wagon of the old Russian bridge buildung system Tomilovski from 1872 VPPT (ВППТ), the exact Russian designation is "понтонно-весельный парк обр. 1872 г. системы П.П. Томиловского. Here a pic of such wagons with pontoons.

Thanks for your reply, Bert...It is difficult to ensure if your pontoon wagons are the same model...

Regards
Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm ,

thank You very much for Yourcritical reply. You are absolutely right, that it is impossible to ensute that these pontoon wagons are the same model. I recognized somme differences, accoring to the wagons and to the pontoons. Maybe it is a total different model. But if they are really Russian wagons and pontoons, then it is the only possibility: the system Tomilovsky, abbreviation VPPT (ВППТ).

Best regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Bert wrote
thank You very much for Yourcritical reply. You are absolutely right, that it is impossible to ensute that these pontoon wagons are the same model. I recognized somme differences, accoring to the wagons and to the pontoons. Maybe it is a total different model. But if they are really Russian wagons and pontoons, then it is the only possibility: the system Tomilovsky, abbreviation VPPT (ВППТ).

Well...The photo caption in the Alamy webpage say Russian wagons...but I can not sure if this is correct or not....

Regards
Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm,

You are right. We have to be careful, because the captions are often wrong. And here I have some doubts, because the other wagons don´t look like Russians. The question is, from which other country in the East they could be.

Best regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another old pontoon wagon ?
Any idea ?

Sorry, I don`t remember the exact source...
Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

this pontoon wagon is Dutch. Here two pics of this pontoon wagon (1. Regional Archief Dordrecht; 2. to see in the Nationaal Militair Museum in Soesterberg/NL).

Best regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Thank you for your help, Bert....
I see that you are expert in pontoon equipment !!


Regards
Sturm78

[Truelove]

I havent gone thru this whole thread, but there seems to be a couple of different models of german pontoons, a flat bottomed and one that is more boat-like.
Did one model rwplace the other?