Yellow Grille Badges

Periodically I will see a Jeep with a grille badge, it's yellow with black numbers. They aren't always the same numbers. What exactly do they signify? I like em but I can't find anything about them or where to find em...Thanks!

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The yellow plackard are called bridge plates. They designate the weight class the vehicle is in. A 1 was a motorcycle, a 2 was a 1/4 ton , i.e. a Jeep. The bigger the vehicle, the larger the number. Certain bridges were rated at certain numbers on to what size of vehicle could travel over it.

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Originally Posted by gmwillys

The yellow plackard are called bridge plates. They designate the weight class the vehicle is in. A 1 was a motorcycle, a 2 was a 1/4 ton , i.e. a Jeep. The bigger the vehicle, the larger the number. Certain bridges were rated at certain numbers on to what size of vehicle could travel over it.

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MP's doing convoy duty and Combat Engineers would use those plates to keep total bridge load down as well.

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Originally Posted by gmwillys

The yellow plackard are called bridge plates. They designate the weight class the vehicle is in. A 1 was a motorcycle, a 2 was a 1/4 ton , i.e. a Jeep. The bigger the vehicle, the larger the number. Certain bridges were rated at certain numbers on to what size of vehicle could travel over it.

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Ohh whoa! That's pretty awesome! Thanks!