Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
- Leo Niehorster
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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
I think that
Image 1 is a Virago combat bridge.
Image 2 is a Type B combat bridge.
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Leo
Image 1 is a Virago combat bridge.
Image 2 is a Type B combat bridge.
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Leo
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Thanks, Leo. I don`t have any information about this bridge. Austrian ? WW1-era equipment ?Leo wrote
Image 1 is a Virago combat bridge.
Sturm78
- Leo Niehorster
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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Sorry, my mistype. I plead a senior moment.
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Birago
[pontoon & testle bridge]
One of the most successful versions of the pontoon bridge was the ‘Birago’ bridge (1841), named after its inventor. It consisted of two pontoons that could be carried on trucks with all other equipment necessary for its construction. It was introduced into all German-speaking armies, and was the basic design for all subsequent military bridging until WW II. Although WW II saw the introduction of the Bailey bridge and mechanized bridgelayers for shorter spans, an invading army once more crossed the Rhine on pontoon bridges in 1945. Like all good designs, it is simple and flexible and refuses to grow old.
The Birago trestle is composed of a cap, two legs, two false legs, two shoes, and two suspension chains.
Abutment bay
If the water at a distance of one bay from the abutment is not sufficient to float a ponton, a Birago trestle is used.
In Austria efforts have been made to diminish the weight of the Birago equipment by the substitution of steel for iron. The present pontoon, in three pieces, is of steel, and 39 ft. 4 in. long, like the old pattern.
The most well known bridging equipment was the "Birago" bridge (1941), named after its invetor (...), which was introduced into all German-speaking armies and on which the design of all military bridging equipment was based until WWII. The system consisted of two half-pontons that could be transported on two trucks along with material required for the bridge superstructure and accessories and that could be used for assemnling bridges of various load classifications.
Feldbrücke nach Birago
Trainstärke:
(2 Off, 1 Wachmeister, 6 Korporale, 2 Tropeter, 45 Soldaten = 56; 11 Reitpferde, 90 Zugpferde)
Ausrüstung:
8 Balkenwagen mit je 1 Pontonschnabelstück
2 Bockwagen mit je 1 Pontonmittelstück
2 Requisitenwagen mit je 1 Pontonmittelstück
1 Feldschmiede mit 1 Pontonmittelstük
Leistungsfähigkeit:
Brückenlänge: 53,1 meter
Brückenbreite: 3,0 meter
Invented by the military engineer Karl Freiherr von Birago (1792–1845)
also known as: Carlo Baron of Birago
Born in Milano.
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Birago
[pontoon & testle bridge]
One of the most successful versions of the pontoon bridge was the ‘Birago’ bridge (1841), named after its inventor. It consisted of two pontoons that could be carried on trucks with all other equipment necessary for its construction. It was introduced into all German-speaking armies, and was the basic design for all subsequent military bridging until WW II. Although WW II saw the introduction of the Bailey bridge and mechanized bridgelayers for shorter spans, an invading army once more crossed the Rhine on pontoon bridges in 1945. Like all good designs, it is simple and flexible and refuses to grow old.
The Birago trestle is composed of a cap, two legs, two false legs, two shoes, and two suspension chains.
Abutment bay
If the water at a distance of one bay from the abutment is not sufficient to float a ponton, a Birago trestle is used.
In Austria efforts have been made to diminish the weight of the Birago equipment by the substitution of steel for iron. The present pontoon, in three pieces, is of steel, and 39 ft. 4 in. long, like the old pattern.
The most well known bridging equipment was the "Birago" bridge (1941), named after its invetor (...), which was introduced into all German-speaking armies and on which the design of all military bridging equipment was based until WWII. The system consisted of two half-pontons that could be transported on two trucks along with material required for the bridge superstructure and accessories and that could be used for assemnling bridges of various load classifications.
Feldbrücke nach Birago
Trainstärke:
(2 Off, 1 Wachmeister, 6 Korporale, 2 Tropeter, 45 Soldaten = 56; 11 Reitpferde, 90 Zugpferde)
Ausrüstung:
8 Balkenwagen mit je 1 Pontonschnabelstück
2 Bockwagen mit je 1 Pontonmittelstück
2 Requisitenwagen mit je 1 Pontonmittelstück
1 Feldschmiede mit 1 Pontonmittelstük
Leistungsfähigkeit:
Brückenlänge: 53,1 meter
Brückenbreite: 3,0 meter
Invented by the military engineer Karl Freiherr von Birago (1792–1845)
also known as: Carlo Baron of Birago
Born in Milano.
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Hi Sturm 78, hi Leo,
thank You very much for this great information about the Birago Kriegsbrücke, Leo.
B.t.w. Sturm 78, You are right, the bridge on image 1 is built with Austrian bridge building material.
Best regards
Bert
thank You very much for this great information about the Birago Kriegsbrücke, Leo.
B.t.w. Sturm 78, You are right, the bridge on image 1 is built with Austrian bridge building material.
Best regards
Bert
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Thanks, Leo and Bert..
Sturm78
Sturm78
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Hi all,
An image from Ebay: German Pionier bridge of K material
Sturm78
An image from Ebay: German Pionier bridge of K material
Sturm78
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Hi all,
Any idea about this equipment ?
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Any idea about this equipment ?
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Nobody for my last image ??
Well, here another image from Ebay. I think a captured Mle 1935 French pontoon trailer
Sturm78
Well, here another image from Ebay. I think a captured Mle 1935 French pontoon trailer
Sturm78
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Hi Sturm 78,
to Your questions:
the pic with bridge building: I don´t think that this was a special bridge building material. Here the soldiers learn to built a bridge with material what they could find, boats as pontoons and so on.
the pic with the pontoon trailer: thank You very much for posting this very interesting pic, I haven´t seen it, yet. It is not a captured Mle 1935 French pontoon trailer, but a German Pf. 9 with a pontoon of bridge building material A. The vehicles belonged to the Reichswehr (license number RW).
Here a pic of such a trailer.
Best regards
Bert
to Your questions:
the pic with bridge building: I don´t think that this was a special bridge building material. Here the soldiers learn to built a bridge with material what they could find, boats as pontoons and so on.
the pic with the pontoon trailer: thank You very much for posting this very interesting pic, I haven´t seen it, yet. It is not a captured Mle 1935 French pontoon trailer, but a German Pf. 9 with a pontoon of bridge building material A. The vehicles belonged to the Reichswehr (license number RW).
Here a pic of such a trailer.
Best regards
Bert
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Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Thank you very much for your correction, Bert, and for the additional image.Bert wrote
the pic with the pontoon trailer: thank You very much for posting this very interesting pic, I haven´t seen it, yet. It is not a captured Mle 1935 French pontoon trailer, but a German Pf. 9 with a pontoon of bridge building material A. The vehicles belonged to the Reichswehr (license number RW).
Here a pic of such a trailer.
I did not pay attention to the plate licence of the truck, which would have indicated the impossibility of it being a captured trailer...
Regards
Sturm78
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Hi all,
A curious use for bridge pontoons...
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
A curious use for bridge pontoons...
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Image from ebay.de
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Image from ebay.de
GeorgeRe: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Hi all,
Another non-standard use of pontoons : training for Seelöwe
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Another non-standard use of pontoons : training for Seelöwe
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: Pontoon Bridges and assault boats
Hi Sturm
Not sure that you can call this 'non-standard'? Building rafts out of pontoons and bridging material was pretty much SOP in most armies....
Not sure that you can call this 'non-standard'? Building rafts out of pontoons and bridging material was pretty much SOP in most armies....