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The Armys newest vehicle is actually a big, mobile bridge Matthew Cox , 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 ope...

The Army’s Newest Vehicle Is Actually a Heavy-Duty Bridge An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) from 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, crosses a Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB) over an anti-vehicle tactical obstacle during operational testing of the Joint Assault Bridge at Fort Riley, Kansas. (Tad Browning/U.S. Army Operational Test Command) 16 Dec 2020 The U.S. Army just finished operational testing of a new, mobile assault bridge...

  Sgt. Ean Hul, a vehicle commander with Bravo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, guides his driver as they reconnect the Joint Assault Bridge to the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB) after passing the task force over a natural gap during operational testing of the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) at Fort Riley, Kansas.  (Photo Credit: Mr. Tad Browning, Lead Audiovisual Production Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Comm...