MTU-90Armoured Bridgelayer

Armoured Bridgelayer

Mission

The MTU-90 armoured bridgelayer is designed to set up bridges for tanks and other combat vehicles to cross gaps up to 84m wide.

Features

The vehicle boasts a bridge that is a drastic novelty in terms of design and operational principle. The bridgelayer is an armoured tracked vehicle derived from the T-90S MBT chassis. It carries the bridge and mounts relevant equipment to deploy it. To lay the bridge, it has to be overturned over the gap, with its centre-section snapping into the operational configuration right over the gap to be crossed. MTU-90 also can carry, lay and retrieve a bridge section of TMM-6 heavy mechanised bridge.

Main strength of the MTU-90 armoured bridgelayer lies in its crew’s ability to set up bridge-type crossing points under small arms fire without having to leave vehicle.

Basic specifications

Weight, t 46 Crew 2 Bridge laying time, min 2-2.5 Bridge specifications: lifting capacity, t 50 length, m 25 roadway width, m 3.55 Throughput, veh/h 200–400 Max road speed, km/h 60 Average speed across bridge, km/h: tracked vehicles 20 wheeled vehicles 30