Phineas Pinkham wrote:

It was called Pierced Steel Planking in the Pacific Theatre!

"Gary Watson" wrote in message

I am looking for some info on PSP (perforated Steel Plates - that were/are
used for temporary runways, aprons and parking areas.

And the more modern variety, used in Vietnam and the Falklands and apparently
still used by the USMC, is called AM-2 (aluminum rather than steel).

Guy