Brazilian Bridgelaying | XPL-10 & XPL-20 Tracked Bridge Layers

Armoured bridge layers found their way to the South American continent in the 1960s, with the Argentinians acquiring 2 bridge layers in the form of the AMX-13 PDP bridge layer. While the Argentinians were the first to introduce the concept to the continent, the Brazilians would be the first to develop and build one of their own. The M3 Stuart based XLP-10 would become the first and so far the only bridge laying vehicle to be developed, built and accepted for service on the South American continent.

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Sources:
Brazilian Stuart – M3, M3A1, X1, X1A2 and their Derivatives – Hélio Higuchi, Paulo Roberto Bastos Jr., Reginaldo Bacchi
Blindados no Brasil – Expedito Carlos Stephani Bastos
Lançador de Ponte XLP-10 – Expedito Carlos Stephani Bastos
Lançador de Ponte XLP-20 – Expedito Carlos Stephani Bastos
Jane’s Light Tanks and Armoured Cars of 1984
Worldwide Tank Fire-Control Systems – CIA
Personal correspondence with Expedito Carlos Stephani Bastos
Personal correspondence with Paulo Roberto Bastos Jr.
Caiafa Master
Engesa brochures and manuals
Cockerill brochures
TM 9-785 18-Ton High Speed Tractors M4, M4A1, M4C, and M4A1C – US Army April 1952.
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An article by Darren Hazes
Narrated by Sosoniaru
Edited by Mace & Battlehammer
Sound edited by Sosoniaru
Music by @tokyomusicwalker4038

[ComfortsSpecter]

M3 surplus Gaming

Beautiful little simple engineering


Incredible presentation

Thanks for all the Good work

[Todeeemi]

would love to see a video on the osorio

[rubilarjacques]

Great video, but there is a mistake.
The 12BECmb and 6 BECmb are not located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

[comentedonakeyboard]

I guess the soviet help voz motivated by tensions between the US and Brasil.

[indianasgreatestgeneration]

Can we see a video on the Sdkfz 165 Hummel? I'm trying to find information on which panzer Artillery and Panzer Division it was apart of and camouflage designs

[Lord.Kiltridge]

Numbers to the right of a decimal are not whole numbers and are expressed individually. for example, 2.65 is expressed as: Two point six, five. Confusingly, 1.36 was expressed correctly.