The paratroopers drew Egyptian attention long enough for the Israelis to move bridging equipment to the canal undetected.
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Until bridging equipment could be brought up, the Market-Garden corridor at Son was reduced to a single wooden footpath,
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Only a heavy German air attack and a lack of bridging equipment kept Soviet heavy weaponry from crossing and expanding the bridgehead.
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Bridge equipment included an Alfred Graham patent telephone switch, which connected the bridge with the captain's cabin, the poop, and the engine-room.
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Despite this new equipment, the army remained deficient in light and heavy machine guns, motor transport, signalling and bridging equipment, and tanks.
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The second contract gave Mabey Bridge and Shore Inc . $ 17.6 million for a total of 960 yards of bridging equipment.
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The 12th Army and First Panzer Group, along with heavy bridging equipment for the planned crossing of the Danube, followed in January 1941.
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To ensure that American tanks were compatible with American bridging equipment, the War Department restricted tank width and maximum weight to thirty tons.
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The second contract gave Mabey Bridge and Shore Inc . $ 17 . 6 million for a total of 960 yards of bridging equipment.
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For the past year, the Bridges Equipment Co . has has been selling AladdinPower devices _ human-powered electricity generators invented by Nissho Engineering, a Japanese company.
