Attachment_0006_-_CBT_Description.docx

UNCLASSIFIED: Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release CBT Truck Description Summary

The Common Bridge Transporter (CBT), TM 9-2320-425-10 is the transport vehicle for the Multi-Role Bridging Company (MRBC): it hauls, launches, and retrieves fixed and float bridges. It is a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) 8x8 variant, model M1977, which utilizes a Load Handling System (LHS), similar to the LHS-HEMTT model M1120. The single hook-arm lowers and engages the flatrack’s bail bar to lift the load onto its bed. This LHS allows the vehicle to self load and unload various bridge pallets compatible with the NATO Standard flatrack. Such loads are:

· BAP- Bridge Adapter Pallet, to carry the interior and ramp bays of the Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) system, and to carry the Bridge Erection Boat (BEB) program of record

· IBC- Improved Boat Cradle, to carry the legacy BEB boat

· DSB- Dry Support Bridge loads, loaded on M1077 Flatracks

· REBS- Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) and Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) For the Bridge Supplementary Set (BSS) program, the M1077 Flatrack or equivalent loads on the CBT will be limited to 22,000 lbs.

The CBT’s LHS also has the capability for transloading its load from the CBT to an M1076 A1 Palletized Load System Trailer (PLST). This procedure uses the flatrack’s attached rear rollers as the LHS system raises the front of the load, then the load rolls rearward onto the abutted PLST. For more information on the M1076 A1 PLST see TM 9-2330-342-10.

Examples of flatracks currently in use by the US Army are the M3 Container Roll-In/Out Platform (CROP) and M1077 Flatrack. For more information on the CROP see TM 9-3990-260-14&P. For more information on the M1077 Flatrack see TM 9-3990-206-10.

UNCLASSIFIED: Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release