Description. The equipment is used during operations of war for crossing across water obstacle by Infantry. It is used when non-availability/ shortage of engineering laid bridges create problems in speedy progress of operations. This equipment ensures availability of reliable water obstacles crossing arrangement.
Specifications
Floats
- Size - 8 x 4 x 1 ft
- Cover - Preferably Tarpaulin (non absorbent)
- Weight - Maximum upto 38 kg
- Load carrying capacity - Minimum 800 kg/ 8 x persons
- Composition - Non absorbent thermo pore with preferably tarpaulin cover without any metal corners
- Requirement of Floats - The bridge will be established in right angle pattern, 30 x floats are used to negotiate minimum 200 ft wide water obstacles
- Weight with accessories - 1360 kg
- Water current bearing - Be able to sustain water current of 1.5 meter per second
- Color - All floats of light brown/ green color
- Group - A-Group
- Project Officer - Lt Col Syed Zaghim Hafeez
Lt Col Ahmed Naveed Siddique
Details
- Name of Proj (as per contract) - Ind Dev of Rapid Infantry Bridge (RIB)
- Contract No. - 27/377/RIB/2005/MV-8A/(7-155/06/DP-9)
- Prototype / Series - Series
- Firm - M/s AMCO rwp
- Date of Contract - 29 Jun 08
- Date of completion -
- Sponsor - Inf Dte, GHQ
- Cost per unit - Rs. 580350
- Total Qty / Total cost - 24/ Rs 13.928 Mn
- Saving - Rs 41.784 Mn
- Time taken to dev of proj - Under process