The Army's newest vehicle is actually a big, mobile bridge
Matthew Cox
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US Army/Spc. Dana Clarke
In November, the Army finished testing its Joint Assault Bridge, a new, mobile assault bridge, designed to cross battlefield barriers.
The JAB is built on an M1 Abrams tank chassis and features a hydraulic launching mechanism for deploying the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge, which measures about 60 feet wide.
The US Army just finished operational testing of a new, mobile assault bridge, designed to cross battlefield barriers. It is scheduled to be fielded to the first combat troops next year.
Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team out of Fort Riley, Kansas, completed Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E) of the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) in November at Fort Hood, Texas, and will be the first unit equipped in March, according to a news release from the Army's Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support.