2016年5月3日 · The DSB is built using specially-made lightweight aluminium alloys. It can be deployed by eight crew members and launched within 90 minutes. Spanning up to 46m, the bridge can cover dry or wet gaps to provide improved operational flexibility.

Once constructed, the bridge is 4.3m wide and is capable of carrying loads of up to MLC 120W across gaps up to 46m wide. Once built, a 46m bridge weighs approximately 37.5 tonnes, excluding...

The WFEL Dry Support Bridge (DSB) is a rapidly-deployable tactical military bridge, used in military and disaster relief operations. The DSB can be deployed by just eight soldiers and a single launch vehicle across a 46m gap in under 90 minutes.

Following Covering wet or dry gaps up to 46 metres, the DSB the most high profile procurement contest in military offers incredible operational flexibility and has already bridging history, WFEL was awarded a production proven itself in the field following deployment in the order for the design of what was to become the DSB.

2020年6月4日 · This contract allows 20 more DSBs to be enhanced, increasing gap-crossing capabilities from 40 meters to 46 meters. The deal follows on from a previous U.S. Army contract for the upgrading of 60 Dry Support Bridges.

Just eight soldiers and a single launch vehicle can get traffic moving over a 46-metre wet or dry gap in less than 90 minutes, using the new generation DSB Dry Support Bridge. The DSB is the leading rapidly deployable tactical military bridge of its kind in the world, for both military and disaster relief operations.

2023年2月16日 · A 46m DSB Dry Support Bridge can be constructed by a crew of eight in under 90 minutes. With its Military Load Classification (MLC) of 120, this bridging system allows the heaviest of military vehicles to cross both wet and dry gaps.

2014年1月1日 · Considered to be one of the most advanced rapidly-deployable military bridging systems, the DSB can be deployed in 90 minutes by just eight soldiers and spans a gap of up to 46m. Manufactured by WFEL Stockport site in the UK, the bridge system, the DSB is also deployed by the US armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and is held in inventory by ...

WFEL’s rapidly-deployable bridging systems, both the DSB Dry Support Bridge and the modular MGB Medium Girder Bridge, provide temporary infrastructure, greatly enhancing an Army’s capability to quickly manoeuvre across physical terrain as …

WFEL delivered four Dry Support Bridge (DSB) systems in the 46m configuration to Armasuisse, the Swiss defense procurement agency, in May, which were subsequently passed on to the Swiss Army Engineers.