General Dynamics European Land System (GDELS) will present at DSEi the medium trackway bridge (MTB), the latest member of its bridge family, the Piranha 3 with an overhead weapon station and the Eagle light tactical vehicle with a remote control weapon.

The MTB is in response to the increased need for an autonomous gap-crossing capability for ground forces. The MTB is a lightweight, aluminium-made modular bridge for military and civil vehicles up to MLC 40. The MTB is designed to produce bridge lengths of two, four, six or eight metres. The individual bridge modules can be transported directly on the tactical vehicle and can easily be launched and retrieved from the same vehicle by its own crew with a simple launching adapter. With a team of four soldiers the launching/retrieving time for a four m MTB is approximately 10 minutes.