Bridge plate (marking)
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bridge-plate-marking-268-1617810
title:
Bridge plate (marking)
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Bridge Plates are markings used on Allied vehicles beginning in World War II that indicate the weight of the vehicle in tons as well as the weight classification of the vehicle. This was used to calculate whether a vehicle, or series of vehicles, could safely cross a bridge with a given rating. While originally designed by the British as an affixed metal plate that was yellow in color, later in the war it was commonplace to simply paint the number onto a vehicle whose weight was unlikely to chan
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Marking on Allied military vehicles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_plate_(marking)
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date modified:
2023-02-07T08:05:37Z
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