Russian Bridging Units

[DD_Fenrir]

Having just completed a PvE campaign with vCVW-17 on Kola map, one thing that could have added to the diversity of targets would have been Army bridging units; many of our targets were bridges to limit or slow the Russian advance. In reality the Russian forces would have had dedicated bridging units deployed to mitigate the effect of these strikes, and it would have been cool to have Pontoon bridge objects available to place next to these after a period of time to simulate the Russian forces putting these in place.
 

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PMP Floating Bridge System was designed after World War II. PMP stands for “Pontonno-Mostovoy Park” or “Pontoon Bridge Park.” The PMP Floating Bridge System uses 50 trucks to haul 12 BMK tugboats, 32 floating sections, and 4 abutments to the crossing site. It can be assembled into a group of rafts which can ferry equipment across a wider river or into one pontoon bridge that can span a 382 meter wide river. The bridge can hold up to 50 tons. The tugboats are used to either ferry the rafts across the river or put the bridge into place on the river.

The PMP was superseded by the PPS-84 and later the PP-91 bridge system after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

For the PMP from my research it appears that the BMK-130 boat and variations on the KraZ-255 were used.

BMK-130:
https://mortarinvestments.eu/catalog/item/bmk-130m-russian-boat?

KrAZ-255:

 

 

[Mad_Shell]

We need more diversity of ground units in general, and yeah engineer units are particularly lacking. Mobility and counter mobility, combined with artiĺlery, is really important IRL for combined arms operations