521st Engineer Group, 1962-63
(Source:
William Miller)
 
An M48 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge on display at Tompkins during an 'open house' .
The AVLB was an M48 with its turret removed and fitted with a scissors bridge that could be launched
hydraulically over the front of the vehicle in three minutes.
 
The 60-foot scissors bridge fully extended.