PMP Floating Bridge

{{Short description|Soviet model of mobile pontoon bridge}}

File:PP-2005 pontoon bridge.webm district by Russian engineers of 78th Logistic Support Brigade in 2020.]]

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The PMP Floating Bridge ({{langx|ru|Понтонно-мостовой парк, ПМП}} "pontoon / bridge park") is a type of mobile pontoon bridge designed by the Soviet Union after World War II. The bridge's design enables for a quick assembly of its parts.{{citation|author=DIANE Publishing Company|title=Handbook On Soviet Ground Forces|date=2004|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-0-7881-3259-9}} It has a carrying capacity of 60 tons. The bridge was originally mounted on a KrAZ-214, but later transferred to a KrAZ-255.{{Cite book|title=Tanks and armored fighting vehicles : visual encyclopedia.|date=2012|publisher=Chartwell Books|isbn=9780785829263|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=337|oclc=785874088}} During the process of its deployment, a truck carrying the bridge is backed alongside the edge of a body of water. The bridge is then rolled off where it unfolds automatically. The bridge spans 382 metres, load capacity 20 tons, or 227 m, load capacity 60 tons, with 32 river pontoons, 12 bridging boats and four shore pontoons.[http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=PMP+Floating+Bridge&offset=0 Floating bridge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608174851/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=PMP+Floating+Bridge&offset=0 |date=2011-06-08 }}

The PMP was superseded by the PPS-84 and later the PP-91 bridge system after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The designation PP stands for "Pontoon Park" and can be assembled into a group of rafts or a bridge spanning up to {{cvt|268|m|ft|disp=flip}} with a capacity from 90 to 360 tons. The system employs 15 ton Ural-53236 trucks and BMK-225 bridging boats.{{cite web|url=https://rosinka173.ru/en/naplavnye-pontonnye-mosty-pontonno-mostovoi-park-kak-rabotayut-voennye.html|lang=en|last1=Veremeev|first1=Yuri |title=Floating, pontoon bridges. Pontoon bridge park: how military pontoons work|date=April 2014|access-date=2022-10-01|publisher=Rosinka173/BusinessGarant}} The latest variant of the PP-91 system is the PP-2005 which uses KamAZ 63501 trucks and BMK-MT motorboats.{{cite magazine|title=Engineering troops entered the newest set of pontoon fleet PP-2005M|date=November 2017|magazine=Military Review|publisher=VO-Media LLC}}