MGB Medium Girder Bridge

The MGB meets the evolving needs for bridging equipment across a wide spectrum of requirements, from short irrigation channels, through ravines to large expanses of water. Highly transportable, rapidly deployed and adaptable, the Medium Girder Bridge is ideal for a wide range of military or emergency and disaster relief situations.

Following the recent review of the UK MoD's modular gap crossing capabilities, to draw together existing in-service capabilities into a single coherent capability, the Army is receiving a number of new Medium Girder Bridge sets, which can be configured in several different way to provide flexibility to the Commander on the ground. 

Configurations include concurrent deployment of a 31-metre Double-Storey and a 5-bay Single-Storey version. The systems will be deployed by the Royal Engineers and will be available for use in both military operations and emergency disaster relief scenarios.

The MGB units are light, easily transported, can be constructed by hand and can be adapted for most tactical and rapidly deployable bridging requirements. Over 500 Medium Girder Bridging systems have already been procured by armed forces worldwide, notably the UK, USA and other NATO allies.