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Bridging systems
Motorised pontoon bridge (PFM)
The motorised pontoon bridge is a system for crossing dry gaps or stretches of water.
Extremely easy to set up, it can be used both as a raft and as a bridge.
The most recent version is unequalled in reliability and low manpower requirements.
The French Army and two other European countries have chosen to equip themselves with it, and production of equipment intended for an Asian country is currently under way.
Modular Assault Bridge
The special feature of this system is that the length of its bridgeway can be adapted to the width of the obstacle to be crossed.
The French Army has placed an order with CNIM for the development and construction of "SPRAT" (System for the rapid installation of bridgeways). This assault bridge includes a modular section of the MLC 70 category, measuring a total of 26 m in two sections, deployed by an off-road wheeled vehicle.
For the user, this means improved operational efficiency at a lower cost.
This crossing system is characterised by the following features :
 excellent mobility resulting from improvements in wheeled transportation vehicles;
purchasing price well below that of chain-type vehicles.
This market concerns not only the development and production of eighteen units for the French Army, but also the accompanying logistical support (training, maintenance etc).
SPRAT is the most innovative crossing system in existence to date. It has no equal world-wide, and the defence authorities of several other countries have expressed their interest in it.
Using its own funds, CNIM has also produced a three-section bridgeway which has been successfully tested in extreme conditions, by repeated crossings of Leclerc tanks, thus validating its technological solutions.
Landing craft
Original landing craft whose principal characteristics
are speed, carrying capacity, as well as its low draught. Its originality
also stems from the fact that it can be used for multiple missions,
both military and humanitarian.
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