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AM 50

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A Slovak AM-50 laying a fast bridge over the Torysa (1995)

AM 50 is a Czech automatically launched assault bridge used by combat engineers for crossing narrow obstacles such as rivers, canals, and ditches.[1] It is mounted on heavy vehicles (such as the unarmored or lightly armored Tatra 815 8×8 truck), and can bridge a gap up to 52 meters (170 feet 7 inches).

The AM 50 was developed for the Czechoslovak Army in the late 1960s. Today it is in use in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, India and Pakistan.

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  1. ^ "AM-50". Valka.cz (in Czech). 8 January 2003. ISSN 1803-4306. Retrieved September 13, 2020.