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STANAC 2152
(Edition 5)
LOADING AND UNLOADING BY MEANS OF BRIDGING EQUIPKENT
Appendices:
1.
Fixed bridge, short
2.
M 48 armoured-vehicle-launched bridge
3.
Biber armoured-vehicle-launched bridge
1. The following equipment is suitable for use as auxiliary end ramp for loading and unloading:
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the fixed bridge, short (Appendix 1), for wheeled vehicles track construction, MLC 24/30 is sufficient, while
for cracked vehicles solid construction, WLC 30/5b is required; placement below the contact wire is possible,
if safety regulations are observed;
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the M 48 armoured-vehicle-launched bridge (Appendix 2) on lines without a contact wire, but not for vehicles
with a small wheel base (e.g. truck utility 0.25t or truck 0.5 t Iltis);
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the Biber armoured-vehicle-launched-bridge (Appendix 3), placement below the contact wire is possible, if
safety regulations are observed.
2. The bridges are only to be placed on flat wagons that have supports. In doing so:
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the wagons are to be chocked in place,
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the bridges are to be secured to the flat wagon on which they rest by means of two tiedown chains, thus
preventing them from falling oft; this is to be accomplished by means of tiedown chains which are suited for
the heaviest of vehicle to be loaded,
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the supports at both ends of the wagons on which the bridges rest are to be lowered to approximately 40 m
above the upper edges of the rails,
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the bridges must not be propped on buffers or buffer disks. This can be avoided by placing sufficiently
strong and solid square timbers underneath.
It the bridges are placed directly on the rail wagon without using any square timbers or footboards respectively,
there is a danger of damaging the bridging equipment and the rail wagons when passing over the bridge. It the bridge-
laying tank must pass over the tracks when placing armoured-vehicle-launched bridges the rail boltings in the course of
the chain tracks must be protected by means of footboards.
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