← Back to context Comment by xorcist 9 years ago Is that literally true? I would have expected Germans to rate their bridges in tons, not pounds/pfund. 8 comments xorcist Reply hoppelhase 9 years ago I live in Germany and have never seen a sign using pounds, only tons. avar 9 years ago Read the German Wikipedia article on the subject which shows German signs in short tons (non-metric unit): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militärische_Lastenklasse dom0 9 years ago The class numbers only roughly correspond to weight, so you could just as well consider them metric tons (1000 kg). 3 replies → jlg23 9 years ago You'll find lots in areas where the allied troops did their exercises. Around "Feldberg" (Wetterau) you'll find plenty of them. chiph 9 years ago That would likely be metric tons, or a little more than 2204 pounds. The US uses short tons, or exactly 2000 pounds.
hoppelhase 9 years ago I live in Germany and have never seen a sign using pounds, only tons. avar 9 years ago Read the German Wikipedia article on the subject which shows German signs in short tons (non-metric unit): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militärische_Lastenklasse dom0 9 years ago The class numbers only roughly correspond to weight, so you could just as well consider them metric tons (1000 kg). 3 replies → jlg23 9 years ago You'll find lots in areas where the allied troops did their exercises. Around "Feldberg" (Wetterau) you'll find plenty of them.
avar 9 years ago Read the German Wikipedia article on the subject which shows German signs in short tons (non-metric unit): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militärische_Lastenklasse dom0 9 years ago The class numbers only roughly correspond to weight, so you could just as well consider them metric tons (1000 kg). 3 replies →
dom0 9 years ago The class numbers only roughly correspond to weight, so you could just as well consider them metric tons (1000 kg). 3 replies →
jlg23 9 years ago You'll find lots in areas where the allied troops did their exercises. Around "Feldberg" (Wetterau) you'll find plenty of them.
chiph 9 years ago That would likely be metric tons, or a little more than 2204 pounds. The US uses short tons, or exactly 2000 pounds.
I live in Germany and have never seen a sign using pounds, only tons.
Read the German Wikipedia article on the subject which shows German signs in short tons (non-metric unit): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militärische_Lastenklasse
The class numbers only roughly correspond to weight, so you could just as well consider them metric tons (1000 kg).
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You'll find lots in areas where the allied troops did their exercises. Around "Feldberg" (Wetterau) you'll find plenty of them.
That would likely be metric tons, or a little more than 2204 pounds. The US uses short tons, or exactly 2000 pounds.