According to a statement published by the Indian MoD (Ministry of Defense) on December 30, 2020, the Indian Army has inducted three sets of 10-meter short span bridges, which were formally handed over on 29 December 2020 at the Talegaon facility of Larsen & Toubro Limited.
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Short Span Bridging System 10 m 8x8 truck-mounted bridge launcher. (Picture source India MoD)
L&T (Larsen & Toubro Limited)has manufactured various kinds of military mobile bridging systems for the Indian Army in partnership with DRDO. These bridges have wet and dry gap crossing capability for today's highly mobile combat forces and have been designed to carry heavy combat vehicles up to 70-ton (tracked) Military Load Class (MLC).
The Short Span Bridging System is a mechanically launched bridging system of MLC-70 load class to bridge small gaps and canals. The mobile bridge system is mounted on a modified BEML- Tatra T815 8x8 military truck chassis.
A 10 m folded scissor bridge is carried at the rear of a vehicle. The bridge is launched rearwards using a pivoting metal frame and a series of steel wire and winches connected to the engine.
In addition to bridging the smaller gaps, this bridging system will be compatible with SARVATRA bridging system so that various gaps of 5 m to 75 m in steps of 10 m can be bridged.
