Vickers-Armstrongs Infantry Tank Valentine Bridgelayer

Vickers-Armstrongs Infantry Tank Valentine Bridgelayer in Wealth of the World: Transport, Documentary, 1950

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dsl ◊ 2014-09-08 18:08	Bridge laying thingy?? Next wagon has pontoons, followed by another similar/same which is followed by more pontoons
2491tj ◊ 2014-09-08 18:47	Valentine Bridgelayer, Valentine II tank with turret removed and replaced by mechanism to carry the Number 1 30foot scissors bridge, what you are looking at is the hydraulic equipment in the turret space where the bridge sits,built 1943/1944 mainly for training purposes.
dsl ◊ 2014-09-09 01:45	"Valentine Bridgelayer - An armoured bridgelaying vehicle; a turretless Mk II fitted with 34ft (10m) long by 9ft 6in (2.90m) wide Class 30 (capable of bearing 30 tons) scissors bridge. Several dozen were produced, some of them supplied to the USSR. Used in action in Italy, Burma and North-west Europe." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_tank

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dsl

◊ 2014-09-08 18:08

Bridge laying thingy?? Next wagon has pontoons, followed by another similar/same

which is followed by more pontoons

2491tj

◊ 2014-09-08 18:47

Valentine Bridgelayer, Valentine II tank with turret removed and replaced by mechanism to carry the Number 1 30foot scissors bridge, what you are looking at is the hydraulic equipment in the turret space where the bridge sits,built 1943/1944 mainly for training purposes.

dsl

◊ 2014-09-09 01:45

"Valentine Bridgelayer - An armoured bridgelaying vehicle; a turretless Mk II fitted with 34ft (10m) long by 9ft 6in (2.90m) wide Class 30 (capable of bearing 30 tons) scissors bridge. Several dozen were produced, some of them supplied to the USSR. Used in action in Italy, Burma and North-west Europe." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_tank

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