Pontoon Bridges and assault boats

[ayovtshev]

Awesome Bert!

I've spent years trying to find a suitable drawing of the M-Boot so I can build a 1/35 scale model...

Is it possible that you give the adress of the Russian site the drawing comes from?

Thanks again!
Cheers,
Angel

[SIS 5]

Hi Angel,

sorry, I don´t know the Russian site any more. But I have copied the whole article ""Немецкий буксирно-моторный катер 100 л.с." by engineer lieutenant colonel I. F. Korolev and I can send it to You.

Regards

Bert

[ayovtshev]

That would be great, Bert!

TIA,
Angel

[Sturm78]

Bert wrote
here is a pic of the so-called M-Boot (abbreviation for Motorboot) from a Russian site.
These motorboats were part of the Brückenkolonne B with bridge building material B. Each of the two platoons had a M-Boot on the trailer Sd.Anh. 13.
AFAIK there were different models:
M-Boot 28, 36, 41 and 43, but all with a 100 hp engine produced by Maybach or Selve. Sorry, I don´t know the differences between these models.
And here a M-Boot in action pulling pontoons of Brückengerät B.

Thank you very much for your information and drawing, Bert
I think the most common Motorboot was the M-Boot 36. I think the boat of my image is larger....perhaps any other model: M-Boot 28, 41 or 43.....

Regards
Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Angel,

here is the article. First page 1.

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Here page 2

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Here page 3

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Here page 4

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Hi Angel,

here a good pic of the old model of the M-Boot 28 (source of the pic: Waffen-Arsenal Band 155 "Heeresübliche Kraftfahrzeuge und Anhänger der Reichswehr" by Wolfgang Fleischer).

Best regards

Bert

[ayovtshev]

Thank you very much for the scans, Bert!

The article is very usefull and answers many questions,

Cheers,
Angel

[Darius333]

Thank you for more on Pi-M-Boote.

Regards

Darius

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Could this bridge to be of Dutch origin ?
Any idea about his designation ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from Ebay:

Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

excuse me, please, for my late reply, but the war in the Ukraine is keeping me from this forum.
To Your question about the pontoon bridge:
Yes, You are right, it is a Dutch pontoon bridge, but I´m sorry I cannot tell You the designation. Here a pic of such a Dutch pontoon bridge in action.

Best regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Hi Bert. Thank you for your answer and the additional image.

Regards
Sturm78