Aside from its reconnaissance role, it is also used for crossing water obstacles in the first wave of an attack and for artillery support during the establishment of a beachhead.
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The 282nd Engineers built " pontoon bridges, Bailey bridges, and rafts [ that were ] essential for rapidly moving large numbers of infantry and tanks over the numerous water obstacles ."
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The tank could ford deep water obstacles without preparation, up to with minor preparation, and up to with full preparation . and the installment of infra-red driving equipment, including a searchlight.
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The event : Mountain Madness in Vail, Colo . Now in its seventh year, this ballyhooed event boasts a downhill course where coed teams confront challenges such as ski biking, tubing and water obstacles.
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Various vehicle-mounted equipment was developed for the T-26, including mine-clearing attachments, inflatable pontoons and a snorkel system for fording water obstacles, devices for overcoming obstacles and many others.
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The presence of a water obstacle provided protection to nation states such as Great Britain, Japan, and the United States and allowed Japan to follow Austria from 1795 onwards till it regained independence in 1918.
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Up to the first combat effectiveness upgrade in 1986, the Luchs was fully amphibious and could surmount water obstacles quickly and independently using propellers at the rear and the fold back trim vane at the front.
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Of the units of the outsized ( six divisions ) XV Corps, only a regiment of the 45th Division ( Maj . Gen . Robert T . Frederick ) faced a water obstacle at the start.
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It can successfully climb an inclination of 30 degrees, cross ditches and trenches to a width of, and cross water obstacles with a depth of up to without preparation, and up to deep with preparation.
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The T-26 could cross 0.75 m high vertical obstacles and 2.1 m wide trenches, ford 0.8 m deep water obstacles, cut 33 cm thick trees and climb 40?gradients.
