Optional technology includes Automated Blade Assist and Cat AutoCarry, and Automatic Ripper Control. The D9 Caterpillar bulldozer will be available in the fourth quarter of 2020.

A senior IDF commander tells JNS about the crucial role of armored D9s in Gaza advances, countering widespread Hamas IED threats.The post ‘We’ve seen booby-trapped kindergartens’ appeared first on JNS ...

Caterpillar makes the D9 to military specifications and ... of water and sewage pipes with a blade on the bulldozer’s back known as “the ripper.” “We found no legal justification for ...

Lumina, a startup founded by 25-year-old entrepreneur Ahmed Shubber, unveiled its first electric bulldozer, the ML6 Moonlander. The 32-ton prototype, assembled in the UK from nearly 200 suppliers, ...

SW location Monday morning.Members insist the Caterpillar's D9 bulldozer, which is manufactured in the United States, has become a critical tool for the occupation of Palestine by Israeli forces.

Previous versions of the D9 armored bulldozer (D9L, D9N) have been central to Gaza Strip campaigns including operations during the Second Intifada (2000-2005) like the Battle of Jenin (2002).

As the Israeli army prepares for a full-scale invasion of Gaza, they are relying on the D9R armored bulldozer, affectionately known as Doobi," or "Teddy Bear." The nickname comes from the Hebrew ...

Scott Witmer, hopped aboard an armored Caterpillar D9 bulldozer that neither man had been trained to operate and drove into a high-risk rescue mission in an active combat zone. A tank accompanied ...

The unmanned version of the D9 bulldozer - called "Black Thunder" - was developed several years ago by the Engineering Corps and was only recently declassified. "The unmanned D9 performed ...

Army engineers and military experts say that the Robdozer -- the robotic version of Caterpillar's D9 bulldozer -- is the future of automated combat.

An Israeli D9 Bulldozer rolls along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip (AFP via Getty Images) The Israeli D9R bulldozers weigh roughly 62 tonnes and are four metres tall and wide ...