Type 84A heavy mechanized bridge (HMB)

The Type 84A heavy mechanized bridge (HMB) is a Chinese wheeled bridge-laying vehicle. It was designed to meet the requirements of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The bridge can hold tracked armored vehicles weighing up to 50 metric tons on five modular spans. It can handle wheeled vehicles with a maximum axle load of 13 metric tons. The bridge can span a gap up to 164 ft (50 m).

When the bridge is being deployed, the truck backs up to the gap, drops hydraulic stabilizers on...