page_title: EFA (mobile bridge)
hierarchical_section_title: EFA (mobile bridge)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Journées Nation Défense, Esplanade des Invalides, Paris, France, 24-25 septembre 2005: Engin de franchissement de l'avant English: Nation/Defense days, Esplanade des Invalides, Paris, France, September 24-25, 2005: EFA mobile bridge
context_page_description: The EFA or Engin de Franchissement de l'Avant is a field-deployable river crossing apparatus, used by combat engineers in the French Army. It may either be used as a bridge, or as a ferry.
  The crew consists of four people:
  1 equipment commander
  1 driver
  1 pilot
  1 crewman
  The EFA is the heir of the first self-propelled bridging vehicle invented in 1955 by the French military engineer and general Jean Gillois. Tray Gillois entered service with the French army in 1965. A version modified by EWK was successively adopted by the German, British and to a limited extent American militaries, and was used by Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At the time of its introduction it was able to carry vehicles up to a maximum weight of 25 tons, the current version supports loads of about 50 tons. It takes between 45 and 65 minutes to form a bridge 100 meters long. Tray Gillois avoids the heavy and bulky convoys, barges brought in by road, which are sensitive to enemy attacks. It takes about half a day to create a 100-metre deck.
context_section_description: The EFA or Engin de Franchissement de l'Avant (forward crossing apparatus) is a field-deployable river crossing apparatus, used by combat engineers in the French Army. It may either be used as a bridge (deployed in a series), or as a ferry.
  The crew consists of four people:
  1 equipment commander
  1 driver
  1 pilot
  1 crewman
  The EFA is the heir of the first self-propelled bridging vehicle invented in 1955 by the French military engineer and general Jean Gillois (born in Châteaubriant 1909). Tray Gillois entered service with the French army in 1965. A version modified by EWK was successively adopted by the German, British and to a limited extent American militaries, and was used by Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At the time of its introduction it was able to carry vehicles up to a maximum weight of 25 tons, the current version supports loads of about 50 tons. It takes between 45 and 65 minutes to form a bridge 100 meters long. Tray Gillois avoids the heavy and bulky convoys, barges brought in by road, which are sensitive to enemy attacks. It takes about half a day to create a 100-metre deck.
caption: Deployed EFA
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