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Yesterday’s photo was taken in Bardo, Poland, However, this photo could have been taken anywhere in Poland. It has puzzled me for years as to why on many roads, just before you cross a bridge, there is a sign with a Tank on it – and the numbers are never the same.
I got held up with road works, took the photo and got on Google, which tells me:
Engineering structures along selected national roads are marked with military load class signs. These signs are intended only for drivers of military vehicles
The signs of the military load classification, MLC, indicate the maximum permissible weight of vehicles, but on the MLC scale, different from that used for civilian vehicles in Poland. For example, a sign showing a truck with the number 60 and a tank with the number 80 means that a wheeled vehicle with a maximum weight of 60 tons can drive over the bridge. A tracked vehicle, on the other hand, may be 20 tons heavier because the weight is distributed differently with the caterpillars.
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