PTA Land Force Projection Systems with Improved Performance
June 13 2018 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
The French Defense Procurement Agency has awarded CNIM a
contract for modernization of PTA ground force projection
systems (Fast Bridge laying System).
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Implementation of the SPRAT during
EURETEX 2016 of Eurocorps. © Hervé GOUSSET
This automatic launching system, designed and developed by CNIM,
delivered in 2011, in just 10 minutes deploys two MLC 100
bridges, 14 metres long or one MLC 80 long bridge,, 26
metres long, in order to project military tanks* over an
obstacle (wet or dry gaps, such as a river or crevasse), the
number of operators being limited to two with controls. Each PTA is
made up of two vehicles (bridging** and additional semi-trailer
bridge carriers), and is designed to drop or recover the bridge
elements it transports automatically.
The Army is currently equipped with 10 vehicles incorporating
the bridge (or pontoon) launching and recovery systems, with 10
semi-trailers carrying additional bridge elements, and 40 bridge
elements. CNIM's mission as part of this modernization contract is
to increase the operational performance of the French Army's
modular assault bridge over its entire lifespan. In order to
facilitate haulage and bridging operations while ensuring optimal
detection of external threats, a latest generation optronic
vision system, produced by the subsidiary Bertin Technologies,
will be integrated. It will offer the pilot and his skipper an
all-round vision by day and by night. Thus, a larger number
of cameras will observe the immediate SPRAT environment.
The supervisory command and control system for all PTA
technical parameters will be modernized with the integration
of a new IT architecture, offering a high level of maintainability.
The first modified equipment will be delivered to the Army in
mid-2019.
www.cnim.com/en
* Leclerc tank type vehicle** Vehicle incorporating the bridge
element launch and recovery system
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