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A Slovak AM-50 laying a fast bridge over the Torysa (1995)

AM 50 is a Czech automatically launched assault bridge used by combat engineers for crossing narrow obstacles such as rivers, canals, and ditches.[1] It is mounted on heavy vehicles Tatra 813 8×8 truck).

Load capacity (for one vehicle): 50 t. Bridge span length: 13,500 mm. Bridge span width: 4,000 mm. Overall width: 4,210 mm. Maximum length of the bridged obstacle: 107 m (8 fields).

The AM 50 was developed for the Czechoslovak Army in the late 1960s. Today it is in use in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, India and Pakistan.

See also

References

  1. ^ “AM-50”. Valka.cz (in Czech). 8 January 2003. ISSN 1803-4306. Retrieved September 13, 2020.