CNIM reveals new motorised floating bridges
07 April 2021
by Victor Barreira
France’s CNIM Systèmes Industriels has developed a new family of air-transportable modular motorised floating bridge systems: the PFM NG (Pont Flottant Motorisé Nouvelle Génération).
Two versions are available: the PFM LG (Long) and PFM XP (Expeditionary), Xavier Montazel, director of the company’s Defense & Maritime Business Unit, told
Janes on 29 March. The first series of the PFM XP is scheduled to be finalised in June or July, whilea PFM LG is to be built this year.
The PFM XP in the ferry version shown here can lift the M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams, Challenger 2, Leopard 2A7, Ariete, Altay, K2A1 Black Panther, and Leclerc MBTs. (CNIM)
South Korea’s Hanwha partners with European firm to build M3 bridging vehicles December 30, 2020
During NATO’s Anakonda 2016 exercise in Poland, German and British Army engineer units teamed up to assemble the longest 350-meter floating bridge using 30 M3 amphibious vehicles in less than 35 minutes. SEOUL The South Korean Army is set to deploy European amphibious bridging vehicles under licensed production to boost its operational capability across water obstacles. The M3 Amphibious Rig, developed by General Dynamics European Land Systems, is to be locally produced by prime contractor Hanwha Defense, according to sources at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. The contract is worth about $460 million and will see the production of about 100 M3 vehicles for deployment starting in 2023.
Sgt. Ean Hul, a vehicle commander with Bravo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, guides his driver as they reconnect the Joint Assault Bridge to the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB) after passing the task force over a natural gap during operational testing of the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) at Fort Riley, Kansas.
(Photo Credit: Mr. Tad Browning, Lead Audiovisual Production Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Command
Joint Assault Bridge aces Operational Test; fielding plans include all COMPOs by By Rae Higgins, PEO, Maj. Eric V. McDonald,
The Army’s Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) program aimed at modernizing the Engineer Regiment’s vehicle-mounted bridging capabilities in November successfully completed Initial Operational Test (IOT). With IOT in the books, the JAB program is closing the gap in fielding with the First Unit Equipped, the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort