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Old 13-07-2007, 01:48 PM   #27 (permalink)
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There is no welding on a Bailey. They come ready to go. Everything fits.
from Sword onwards, we built many bridges. Both light assault, and Baileys.
Every one we built was completed under direct enemy fire. We never did manage to build one in peaceful conditions. Only once were we driven to ground by the weight of the enemy fire, eventually it died down a bit and we completed the task.
By heck! all those years ago..hardly seems possible.
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