Title

US pioneers practice tank transports across Main

Caption

American pioneers transport heavy tanks across the river Main near Aschaffenburg with tube pontoons on the 29th of September in 1961.
The 37th pioneer group of the 5th US corps and 50 heavy tanks and infantry units of the US army participated in a day and night exercise to practice the fast crossing of a river.

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Date

Sep 29, 1961

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A03_402

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,3Mb (3,1Mb) / 17,8in x 13,4in / 5326 x 4023 (300dpi)

Keywords

Besatzung Besatzung USA Bundesrepublik Floß Fluss Fluß Gebäude Gruppe Kalter Krieg Kirchwe Main Manöver Militär Nachkriegszeit Ost-West Konflikt Panzer Pioniere Politik Pontons Rückansicht Schlauchpontons Soldaten Training US Army US-Armee Wasser europhotodb historisch Überquerung Übersetzen Übung occupation raft float river stream waterway building apartment building buildings group historic historical maneuver Manöver manoeuvre manoeuvre maneuver operation military Armed_Forces post-war_era post-war period after-war period tank armoured vehicle politics POL reach_view soldiers troops training practise aquatic water Water_Supply passage course exercise practice USA historic_archive