MODERN EQUIPMENT FOR TROOPS IN THE FIELD. Men of a German unit making a crossing of the River Elbe in an inflated boat during recent autumn manoeuvres. If these collapsible facets can be utilised for forcing rivers it w-ill in-aa a trencnaous saving in. the aaa>tint of equipment and the strength of engineer ocits. which will be able to dispense with the heavy pontoons hitherto carried for the purpose of bridge construction.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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72MODERN EQUIPMENT FOR TROOPS IN THE FIELD. Men of a German unit making a crossing of the River Elbe in an inflated boat during recent autumn manoeuvres. If these collapsible facets can be utilised for forcing rivers it w-ill in-aa a trencnaous saving in. the aaa>tint of equipment and the strength of engineer ocits. which will be able to dispense with the heavy pontoons hitherto carried for the purpose of bridge construction. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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