A collection of images of Tanks that proved too heavy for the bridges they were driving on. All but one were taken during the second world war. We start off with an interesting one, a beutepanzer, captured Russian tank pressed into German service.
A captured KV1 tank proved to heavy for the bridge
Same tank, different angle [Via]
On 23 November 1943, Tiger 133 crashed through this wooden bridge near Putoschka, killing the tank commander [Via]
ES43-1-62 (SC357349) Men of the 8th Eng Bn, 1st Cav Div put logs under weakened support of a bridge near Yangzi, Korea, to prevent its collapse until a tank retriever can arrive and remove the M-4 tank. 28 Jan 1951 [Via]
British tank “Flying Fox”, stuck fast and blocking the key canal bridge at Masnieres. [Via]
Panzer III
Recovery vehicles prepare to tow a Sherman tank of the Irish Guards out of a stream where it landed after collapsing a bridge on the slip road leading to the Bremen-Hamburg autobahn, 20 April 1945. The tank was eventually recovered undamaged. [Via]
Same tank, different angle [Via]
German engineers build a bridge over the collapse of the Soviet tank KV-1. Car registration in May 1941 of the 27th Tank Regiment of the 14th Panzer Division 7th Mechanized Corps of the Western Front. Initially, this tank in May 1941, was sent to Kharkov armored school, and with the beginning of the war, the tank battalion arrived in Kharkov BTU 14 Panzer Division. According to the ‘Report on the motion of the material part of the 27th TP 14th TD’ July 15, 1941 ‘tank KV-M first tank battalion, going from repair in the area of Vitebsk Vitebsk on the highway, the bridge collapsed. [Via]
Officers investigate a KV-1 that was on a bridge when it collapsed [Via]
New M-4A3E8 tank on bridge that collapsed with weight of vehicle during operation against Grosblieberstroff on the Saar. Tank is from 749th Tank Battalion. Dated February 18, 1945. Archive Number 111-SC-233735. [Via]
M3 Lee tank collapses bridge in Monroe, NC [Via]