AM 50
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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, Pakistan and Vietnam.
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