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gavmeister13
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what were "Bruckenpionier" and "Grenzwacht"? i take it that they were infantry units but what were they equipped with?
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Just to detail Christopher's post, a Brückenkolonne B (mot) transports equipment for a Type B Combat Bridge (which is a heavy pontoon and trestle bridge.)
The bridge column did not itself assemble the bridge, but merely maintained and transported it, and advised in its use. The combat engineers and/or construction troops assembled these combat bridges. I hope I am not berating the obvious when I say that bridge equipment was used in a multitude of roles, including ferries, pontoon bridges of varying widths and lengths, and, without pontoons, as auxiliary bridges and emergency spanning of damaged or destroyed bridges.
Combat bridges had to be raised as soon as possible, depending upon the time needed to build, or repair, a more permanent bridge next to it. The latter was the job of the Brücken-Bau-Bataillon (bridge construction battalion, which was part of the engineer corps.) To enable the bridge column to provide further bridges, full sets of bridge equipment were kept in bridge parks to the rear, and were issued as Equipment Units. Escort Detachments escorted the bridges, particularly the heavier types, from the parks to the bridge columns in the field, and were mainly charged with supervising loading and unloading the equipment during transport.
The Bruckenbau-Bataillon as may be guessed from the above, were often used to rebuild a damaged or destroyed bridge using any material to hand, including locally acquired material, or regular bridge building material, as well as the Type B Combat Bridge equipment. However, it did not have any of its own bridge equipment.
Sorry, getting carried away. Must this new (finally!!) "Heer" section.
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Leo
The bridge column did not itself assemble the bridge, but merely maintained and transported it, and advised in its use. The combat engineers and/or construction troops assembled these combat bridges. I hope I am not berating the obvious when I say that bridge equipment was used in a multitude of roles, including ferries, pontoon bridges of varying widths and lengths, and, without pontoons, as auxiliary bridges and emergency spanning of damaged or destroyed bridges.
Combat bridges had to be raised as soon as possible, depending upon the time needed to build, or repair, a more permanent bridge next to it. The latter was the job of the Brücken-Bau-Bataillon (bridge construction battalion, which was part of the engineer corps.) To enable the bridge column to provide further bridges, full sets of bridge equipment were kept in bridge parks to the rear, and were issued as Equipment Units. Escort Detachments escorted the bridges, particularly the heavier types, from the parks to the bridge columns in the field, and were mainly charged with supervising loading and unloading the equipment during transport.
The Bruckenbau-Bataillon as may be guessed from the above, were often used to rebuild a damaged or destroyed bridge using any material to hand, including locally acquired material, or regular bridge building material, as well as the Type B Combat Bridge equipment. However, it did not have any of its own bridge equipment.
Sorry, getting carried away. Must this new (finally!!) "Heer" section.
Cheers
Leo