Designation: | AMX-30 |
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Manufacturer: | Nexter | |
Product type: | Armoured Vehicles | |
Name: | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge |
The AMX-30 bridgelayer is not used by the French Army, although a few are used by Saudi Arabia. It is basically an AMX-30 MBT with its turret removed and replaced with a scissors-type bridge which is launched over the rear of the hull in 5 minutes. The bridge is a class 50 and when opened out is 22 m long and will span a gap up to 20 m. The bridge is 3.1 m wide or 3.92 m when fitted with widening panels. Weight is 42,500 kg with the bridge and 34,000 kg without.
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