Wanamaker would be a good choice if you are in the US.
Postage from the US to Europe sort of sucks for us …
For the rest of the world I think ordering is via e-mail and then presumably PayPal.
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@Stikpusher i probably used the wrong name or misunderstood what i read. Was just aware that in one of the readings it said left over British bridging equipment.
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I think they used everything they had …
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Damn, now I have to buy it and add to my NVA collection… 
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@HermannB you and me both.
@Uncle-Heavy yeah i assume they figured out how to connect everything or what could work with the other to do this .
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@HermannB these are some great shots
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The Soviets had completely re equipped the Egyptian Army in the wake of the 1967 war. I wouldn’t doubt that they had some leftover bridging equipment of British origin from prior to the Nasser era. But the majority would have been then current or more recent Soviet stuff. After all, their Soviet advisors would not have been as familiar with British gear. And the Soviets did provide both Egypt and Syria with much or their latest gear for the 1973 War.
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This is exactly the same sort of pontoon bridge I crossed the Tigris on, more than once.
Note that the sections had seen better days.
I have not looked at every photo of the Egytptian crossing, but the first several I came across suggest that this is not the correct bridge to use.
The bridges launched by the IDF were different as well. Again, just a cursory search. Hopefully you can find the evidence you need to use the Hooby Link type.
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@Stikpusher this is true, maybe the article i read wasn’t as accurate.
@18bravo that looks like a pmp bridge in your pictures. Now I’ve seen where they at times put an amphibious vehicle with the pump but you’re right the famous pictures that are consistently shown don’t appear to be the same. From reading it looks like only 2 pmp bridges were erected.
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That would probably be because the US ribbon bridge was a pretty much straight copy of the PMP, except in aluminium rather than steel and with springs to help open the sections once released.
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According to the Wiki article on the operation, the Egyptians opened up 60 breaches in the canal ramparts, but only used 12 bridges to bring men and equipment across, and those bridges were periodically relocated among the breaches.
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I have a book on the operation. The way they did it was pure genius.
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@Stikpusher now that’s something i didn’t catch. Sounds like a lot of build and rebuild of bridges to move between breaches.
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They float
in a canal
where the water doesn’t move as fast as in a river
motorboats (bridging boats) can easily push those big rafts into new positions
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@Uncle-Heavy well i wasn’t sure how far apart each crossing was
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Me neither 
This map on Wikipedia gives some idea about the assault areas.
I would guess that crossings were made where the canal is an actual canal. i.e. narrow, and that would reduce the length.
Bridges were probably allocated to their respective assault areas which further limits the distances.
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Yes it was, both in concept and execution. Nearly all initial objectives were achieved. It didn’t go sideways for the Egyptians until they deviated from their initial plan and went on a secondary offensive to try and bail out the Syrians.
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