Re: [MV] Grill Disk

Geoff Winnington-Ball (whiskey@netwave.ca)
Fri, 06 Aug 1999 19:41:52 -0400

IIRC, the WW2 yellow bridge class plates were in LONG tonnes, that is,
2240 lbs per class... therefore, the maximum all-up expected weight of,
say a Bridge Class 5 vehicle, such as a Universal Carrier or 15 cwt,
would be 12,200 lbs. In the case of your DUKW, the maximum expected
weight would be no higher than 26,880 lbs, including load and crew; this
allowed for a degree of leniency by the sappers when rating bridge
weights.

Geoff

"Gordon.W.I. McMillan" wrote:
>
> Normally the bridging plate, Dave.
>
> It usually shows the maximum 'all-up' weight of the vehicle (my DUKW says
> 12) or if there are two weights one above the other it is the all-up
> weights of the vehicle with and without trailer.
>
> Looking at ARMY MOTORS #87 the Dodge on the front cover has 4 on the
> bridging plate, while the lovely jeep on the back is spoiled (for me) by
> having a later type of plate with changeable numbers ( 02) that I
> associate with M series vehicles.
>
> I do believe that there were variations whereby the plates showed bridging
> CLASS rather than weight, but I'm a bit hazy about that.

-- 
Regards,


Geoff Winnington-Ball
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