Display of M-48 Bridge Layer tank at Ft. Lewis, April 1963
- Title
- Display of M-48 Bridge Layer tank at Ft. Lewis, April 1963
- LC Subject
- Tanks (Military science) armored vehicle-launched bridge Military education United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- Creator
- Oregon State University. Reserve Officers Training Corps
- Description
- Series of four photographs of the operation of the M-48 AVLB "Bridge Layer" tank system (P002:219-222). Showing the extension of the 60 foot folding bridge carried on a modified chassis of the M-48/M-60 Patton Tank. Developed by the Germans during WWII, this type of engineering vehicle made it possible for heavy equipment and tanks to cross small streams. The four photographs show the deployment of the system.
- Work Type
- photographic prints photographs
- Location
- Fort Lewis >> Pierce County >> Washington >> United States
- Date
- 1963-04
- Identifier
- P002:219
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon State University Military Photographs Collection, 1875-1975 (P 002)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
- Series 5: Cold War Years, 1946-1975
- Institution
- Oregon State University