Bridging Equipment and Bridgelayers

Churchill Bridge Layer

Bridging Equipment
Bridge Carrying and Pusher Tanks: 
Usually tank chassis converted to carry a length of steel bridging to enable armoured formations to cross narrow rivers. Larger rivers required Pontoon bridge sections.

Churchill AVRE and SBG
​Churchill and Towed SBG
Churchill Pusher Tank and Skid BaileyBridge
Sherman Plymouth
Tank Bridge 30ft Number 2

Scissors Bridging Tanks 
These converted Tanks carried a hinged double section of steel bridge which was hydraulically pushed into place, folding out as it did so.
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Valentine Scissors

Ramp Type Bridging Tanks 
These converted tanks were used to drive up to a wall, extend their bridges over their heads and act as a physical ramp for the following armour. These were also known as ARKs.

ARKI
ARK II
Sherman Twaby ARK
Lakeman ARK
Great Eastern Ramp