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PancakeMapleBaconEh
German engineering at its finest
cdugs
Risqie
They sure know how to bridge the gap.
YesmynameisGreg
Slower, you slut.
wadenelson1
The next war will be waged in cyberspace. Some say it already is.
Trentski
It's fun to stay at the...
...other side of the water.
LordGeneralHammerSmash
That was easy faster than Kelly's heroes
hawkesnightmare
Where the hell am I gonna find a hundred men, just like that?
draus
I dont see anything... all i could see was a river then a jet at the very end!
Zahnradfee
Yeah, very odd. Shitpost going to the frontpage again.
gottaname
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3SCycWcE2E
joemac65
Royal Engineer Amphibious Unit based in Germany. My Dad was a Sargent with them 40 yrs ago.The equipment hasn't changed much.
boobcat
"We'll be in Moscow B4 the winter I swear" - NATO 2018
mookiedoi360
Fucking war.. thinking it's so clever
NotTheSameWithTheOtherHand
I love that random plane thrown in the last one there 'sup losers. ya know what you need? wings is what.'
wroughtensteel
Super impressive given that the tank driving over it is probably more than 100,000 lbs.
twofishtails
Pontoon Platoon!
gottaname
M3Gs are evil bridging vehicles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Amphibious_Rig
NateNuss
Caesar did this in 2 days with 50K soldiers/engineers when he built a bridge across the Rhine. The ancient version of this & way way cooler!
ForTheRepublic212th
Can't LAV's go in water, or at least cross a small lake like so?
JacquesMacrame
Rasdwatrium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Amphibious_Rig
maholt
vliegtuig
Neat.
IdHaveSexualIntercourseWithHerIfSheLegallyConsentedToDoSoWithMe
Reminds me of fording a river on Oregon Trail, but with less dying.
thatpersonfromthatplace
Well it's the German military practicing so just give them a bit.
Thispostisaboutacat
Reminds me of the Canyonero
GravyTrainOnBiscuitWheels
And less dysentery
IdHaveSexualIntercourseWithHerIfSheLegallyConsentedToDoSoWithMe
They could all have dysentery, you don't know their lives
RMaybeth
try doing it under fire
somethingsomethingwittyhere
Now try the same under heavy artillery fire.
Stebbenwolf
Really could have used those during operation market garden.
Fritzgerald
Fitts well with the post before lego rollercoaster on the beach
VicenteRojas
If only clarkson, may, and the hamster knew about this for their bridge building special...
BestWaifu2018
Into the motherland the German army marched
WeAreAllLost
I love how in the instagram comments people say how great the US army is for solutions like these... But it's the german Bundeswehr you see
EveryonesHappyPlace
But I though budweiser was american?
ThySausagePrince
The US has a collapsible bridge using an inflatable support structure. https://www.google.com/patents/US2423832
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0ih469qy
Behold the mighty doormacht!
RulesOfImgur
The US has other solutions. Like that bridge laying tank thing
KESTIZ
If you mean M104 Wolverine, it´s only 26m and it uses german leguan bridge.
KESTIZ
but first this type bridge laying tanks was form UK and France.
SL4pthePANCAKES
I would not want to fucl around with most modern European armies, they have some very smart tech that many bigger nations do not posses
smoothanubis
In fairness, we find solutions to everything!
Abraxaspaintsjets
Finally!
Sporezeus
Yep, that thing is a "Bieber". I stayed at the military station in Hammelburg when I was younger for a week, and was shown all the vehicles
GravyTrainOnBiscuitWheels
Are German Bundeswehr known for their ability to wehr bundes?
TurtleHerderJohn
I believe both wehr and bundes are nouns. So to answer your question, no.
LOlivingVE
Not these particular ones, but this concept was basically invented by Winston Churchill
rockstarjesus
What? Are you saying Winston Churchill invented pontoon bridges?
LOlivingVE
Absolutely not! I'm pretty sure the Romans had them. At the very least Napoleon. Winston and turned tanks into pontoons
rockstarjesus
The Chinese invented them a couple thousand years back according to Wiki.
Tikityler
I think he is implying pontoon bridges where the pontoon is actually a boat. Not just whatever floating object they watned.
WorldsSmallestMegaDick
Pontoon bridges have used boats since pre Roman times.
Tikityler
Huh, TIL. Well, idk then.
Beargasm
I wonder if it was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who first developed tech like this?
AncientPostNecromancer
The US uses many different tactics for these situations. Alot of the cars you see cross are already amphibious.
AncientPostNecromancer
They use large floating road sections that are not on their own mobile but are interlocking and very similar.
JudgeMentaI
I think it was GI Joe with the Bridge-layer toy
klikklik1236
To answer your question without hate, no. The U.S. uses one vehicle that basically unfolds the bridge.
Beargasm
Thanks! I think people thought I was just a raging American asshat who can't accept other countries do stuff too. Meh.
klikklik1236
Haha, no problem. The defining factor between pride in your country and being a raging asshat seems to be what country you're from...
WeAreAllLost
This system was developed by german "Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern"
Beargasm
This system sure, but I ment the original design of using amphibious vehicles to create a temporary bridge? Who pioneered that idea?
WeAreAllLost
The predecessor to this, the M2 Alligator was developed in 1958. But I can't say who had the idea in the first place
Snowman25
The M2 was also developed by the company that made the M3
MrDeadsr
The British?
SamArt53
The Roman legions under Julius Caesar, fording the Rubicon river in 49 BC.
Beargasm
I ment modern systems, but still spiffy info! Thanks!
FragileReality