Churchill AVRE

[David Skeldon]

Unfortunately have not found any film of one being deployed so it’s mostly guess work but being an assault bridge I guess they were dropped in a hurry.


David

[Gary Richardson]

Hi David

That's brilliant, hats off to you for a remarkable addition to your Churchill build.

Regards
Gary

[Sean-Armortek]

Unfortunately have not found any film of one being deployed so it’s mostly guess work but being an assault bridge I guess they were dropped in a hurry.


David

I just spotted there is a very short clip in the introduction showing the bridge being lowered ~45secs in and 24mins in.

[David Skeldon]

Hi,
Just seen that as well , unfortunately it’s not very clear.


David

[Sean-Armortek]

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No, it's very grainy, but it gives an idea of the speed that the bridge was dropped.

[David Skeldon]

Trying out a Fascine.

[Gary Richardson]

Hi David

That's great, love the video and how well the fascine works.

Regards
Gary

[Adrian Harris]

Looks excellent and works really well

Adrian

[Adrian Harris]

Whilst packing up at Old Sarum yesterday, I found a little rise in the grass and thought it would be interesting to see how the AVRE coped with the bridge attached...





It's a little wobbly but I don't think it's much risk of it tipping over.

Thanks to Chris Blackler for videoing it for me.

Adrian.

[Steve McEvoy]

Looks great Adrian.

[Adrian Harris]

Thanks Steve

Definitely have to drive at scale speeds when it's attached

Adrian.