military bridging

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another bridging vehicle, in this case a CMP 6-wheeler - C60X by the looks of it.

I think this is in Burma, saw a pic of a similar truck there.

H.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Another bridging vehicle, in this case a CMP 6-wheeler - C60X by the looks of it.

I think this is in Burma, saw a pic of a similar truck there.

Hanno, this one maybe? (with the other truck in the background?)

source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205205108

[Alex van de Wetering]

The first pictures seems to show a pontoon in use as a sled!

I am presuming these pontoons were plywood, which could be a reason you hardly see any surviving examples (?)

[Ed Storey]

Pontoons and Centre Sections were both the same size:

25 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 6 inches.

Surviving examples in Canada are very rare as the surplus pontoons were mostly all burned in the 1970s. The example on outdoor display in Petawawa is a post-War Extra Wide Bailey Bridge although the panels appear to be primarily wartime.

I managed to save one of the data plates off of the pontoons which were being burned.

IMG_5748 copy.jpg

[Alex van de Wetering]

Ed, I can see why you saved that data plate!

Thanks for your comment on a survivor in Petawawa. It looks rather nice and I agree that the Bailey section is the later type with the wider lower beams.
So far, I have just found one picture of the pontoons in Petawawa.
source: http://silverhawkauthor.com/royal-ca...s-rce_318.html

Is "2 feet 6 inches" the height from water level to the top of the pontoon? I am asking, because 2'6" seems a bit low for the full pontoon (?).

By the way, this time i am asking for a scale model.....I am not planning on making 1:1 repro pontoons (yet).

Alex

[Ed Storey]

I just checked my written source for those dimensions but I have not gone to a primary source to confirm.

Here are a few images of the CFB Petawawa Bailey Bridge. It was my Father who was behind saving the bridge back in the 1970s and the bay of bridging has been on outdoor display ever since. It is currently situated at 2 CER's Brennan Lake site. The pontoons have lost much of their originality as they have been rebuilt at least two times due to the deterioration from being outside for several decades. The pontoons were last reconstructed in 2018.

1 FD ENGR SQN - An Engineer Monument - MWO Ralph Storey - Petawawa Post copy.jpg

C13-2 W.jpg IMG_0388 copy.jpg IMG_1249 Bailey Bridge [1] copy.jpg

[Alex van de Wetering]

Ed,

Thanks for the additional pictures (and the article)...they are a great help. So, the pontoons have a special meaning to you! Was the "Storey" on the build plate of the other pontoon family as well?

I can imagine that the wood suffers a lot from being outdoor......so for any survivors that weren't burnt for fire wood.....

So far, the Petawawa ones are the only survivors I have managed to find on the web....even though I am sure there must be one or two more hiding somewhere.
Out here there is a Diamond T 975 in the Overloon museum, but sadly it's not fitted with a set or original pontoons.

Alex