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God I hope so, maybe the zoning committees will come to their senses a lot faster if they do.

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"Based on Caterpillar’s 110,225 lb (50,000 kg), 452 horsepower D9, the D9R is nicknamed “Doobi” - Hebrew for teddy bear."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/10/24/israels-armored-caterpillar-bulldozers-will-be-active-in-gaza/?sh=12f4704f34d6

https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/653732a16f4e5fc7137df9e0/IDF-Caterpillar-D9-armored-bulldozer---Israel-66th-Independence-Day/960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=1440

As in the past, the Israeli Defense Force will rely on an effective tool - the armored D9R bulldozer - to root out Hamas militants and clear deadly explosives.

Bulldozers have been useful military tools since WWII when the British developed the first armored dozer, a Caterpillar D7 medium-sized tractor (31, 870 lbs/14,456 kg) fitted with engine and driver-protecting armor.

Produced in preparation for the Battle of Normandy, the D7s were assigned to clearing the invasion beaches of obstacles and quickly making roads accessible by clearing rubble and filling in bomb craters. Over the next days, weeks and months, Israeli D9Rs will take on similar tasks in an environment just as, or more, dangerous.
Caterpillar D9 bulldozer

Based on Caterpillar’s 110,225 lb (50,000 kg), 452 horsepower D9, the D9R is nicknamed “Doobi” Hebrew for teddy bear. While the massive machines may not look particularly cuddly, they have saved many Israeli lives and arguably, many Palestinian lives as well.

Doobis are operated by the IDF’s Combat Engineering Corps whose roles include road breaching, counter-mobility of enemy forces, construction and destruction under fire, sabotage, explosives, bomb disposal, and counter-weapons of mass destruction.

Commercial market D9s are imported to Israel by local Caterpillar dealer, Israeli Tractors and Equipment (ITE) part of the construction group, Zoko Enterprises. Working in conjunction with the IDF’s Technology and Maintenance Corps, Zoko/ITE and Israel Aerospace Industries add advanced armor to the bulldozers including slat armor (cage or standoff type armor) to base D9s.

The armor kit provides protection to the D9’s engine and hydraulic systems as well as the operator cabin. The D9R is crewed by a driver/operator and commander. Bullet-proof glass and armored cabin pillars are augmented by slat armor which prevents rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles and rockets from lodging in/around the cab structure. The kit, including belly armor and a beefed-up dozer blade, adds approximately 34,000 pounds (15,422 kg) to the D9s overall weight.

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killdozer dude's wet dream

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WTF are they going to knock down that hasn't already been leveled?!?

But do have to say that thing is ominous.

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I wonder if they let the settlers use them when there evicting Palestinians from their homes .

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Killdozer had a good idea with an enclosed cab and cameras. Killdozer wasn't worried about RPG's.

On the Israeli  D9 shoot the fuel or oil jerry cans by the cab and light them up with a molotov cocktail. Maybe a drone from the top.

Perhaps they could just stay home like they are doing now? The first ones they sent in didn't do too well.

Give peace a chance.

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Killdozer had a good idea with an enclosed cab and cameras. Killdozer wasn't worried about RPG's.

On the Israeli  D9 shoot the fuel or oil jerry cans by the cab and light them up with a molotov cocktail. Maybe a drone from the top.

Perhaps they could just stay home like they are doing now? The first ones they sent in didn't do too well.

Give peace a chance.

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Peace? Welcome to the forum, exits to the right and left, your specific exit is on the left.

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That thing is unreasonable.

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That thing is unreasonable.

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Remember Afghanistan, Vietnam, Ukraine is losing. Hey, volunteer, Ukraine is still taking bodies for the meat grinder, ages 15 to 70.

"Fight them there so you don't have to fight them here".?  Remember the 3 buildings in the World Trade Center that fell during 911? Wait only two were hit by airplanes??  The owner of the twin towers just happened to take out an insurance policy  that covered terrorism. Look it up. You've been conned.

Look up the Gulf of Tonkin, the USS liberty, hell they even knew in advance of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  The con continues.

The Israelis are known for their security and and intelligence service, they just happened to not notice Hamas plans, they didn't notice the paragliders or send out an attack helicopter? . Yea, right. Right about when Nuttinyahoo was being investigated for corruption. Don't believe me , look it up.

For too long now, the American people have rationalized turning a blind eye to all manner of government wrongdoing—asset forfeiture schemes, corruption, surveillance, endless wars, SWAT team raids, militarized police, profit-driven private prisons, and so on—because they were the so-called lesser of two evils.

If you choose the lesser of two evils, you are still choosing evil.

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"Based on Caterpillar’s 110,225 lb (50,000 kg), 452 horsepower D9, the D9R is nicknamed “Doobi” - Hebrew for teddy bear."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/10/24/israels-armored-caterpillar-bulldozers-will-be-active-in-gaza/?sh=12f4704f34d6

https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/653732a16f4e5fc7137df9e0/IDF-Caterpillar-D9-armored-bulldozer---Israel-66th-Independence-Day/960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=1440

As in the past, the Israeli Defense Force will rely on an effective tool - the armored D9R bulldozer - to root out Hamas militants and clear deadly explosives.

Bulldozers have been useful military tools since WWII when the British developed the first armored dozer, a Caterpillar D7 medium-sized tractor (31, 870 lbs/14,456 kg) fitted with engine and driver-protecting armor.

Produced in preparation for the Battle of Normandy, the D7s were assigned to clearing the invasion beaches of obstacles and quickly making roads accessible by clearing rubble and filling in bomb craters. Over the next days, weeks and months, Israeli D9Rs will take on similar tasks in an environment just as, or more, dangerous.
Caterpillar D9 bulldozer

Based on Caterpillar’s 110,225 lb (50,000 kg), 452 horsepower D9, the D9R is nicknamed “Doobi” Hebrew for teddy bear. While the massive machines may not look particularly cuddly, they have saved many Israeli lives and arguably, many Palestinian lives as well.

Doobis are operated by the IDF’s Combat Engineering Corps whose roles include road breaching, counter-mobility of enemy forces, construction and destruction under fire, sabotage, explosives, bomb disposal, and counter-weapons of mass destruction.

Commercial market D9s are imported to Israel by local Caterpillar dealer, Israeli Tractors and Equipment (ITE) part of the construction group, Zoko Enterprises. Working in conjunction with the IDF’s Technology and Maintenance Corps, Zoko/ITE and Israel Aerospace Industries add advanced armor to the bulldozers including slat armor (cage or standoff type armor) to base D9s.

The armor kit provides protection to the D9’s engine and hydraulic systems as well as the operator cabin. The D9R is crewed by a driver/operator and commander. Bullet-proof glass and armored cabin pillars are augmented by slat armor which prevents rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles and rockets from lodging in/around the cab structure. The kit, including belly armor and a beefed-up dozer blade, adds approximately 34,000 pounds (15,422 kg) to the D9s overall weight.

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killdozer dude's wet dream

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Jesus them guys really took the Killdozer concept and ran with it!

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Those things mean business.

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killdozer dude's wet dream

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hard to believe they run that behemoth on 425HP.  I would have guessed they'd need 1000HP

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Killdozer had a good idea with an enclosed cab and cameras. Killdozer wasn't worried about RPG's.

On the Israeli  D9 shoot the fuel or oil jerry cans by the cab and light them up with a molotov cocktail. Maybe a drone from the top.

Perhaps they could just stay home like they are doing now? The first ones they sent in didn't do too well.

Give peace a chance.

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248,000lbs plus armor would put it around 300,000lbs. As it’s about 30,000lbs on a D9. A D11 old be more. So about 50,000lbs of armor. Maybe more.


300,000lbs would be rough to move around and transport at all.  A D9 they can pop the blade off and move.

You also have height restrictions.  

A D9 12.54 feet tall.  With armor probably 13ft even.

A D11 is 15.29 feet.  Plus armor so almost 16 feet tall I would speculate.


Width is another problem. D11’s are almost 12 feet wide track to track. Over 22 feet depending on blade choices. D9 would be around 14.


So yeah… a lot harder to move.  A lot harder to move in the field, definitely down a road way.

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Killdozer had a good idea with an enclosed cab and cameras. Killdozer wasn't worried about RPG's.

On the Israeli  D9 shoot the fuel or oil jerry cans by the cab and light them up with a molotov cocktail. Maybe a drone from the top.

Perhaps they could just stay home like they are doing now? The first ones they sent in didn't do too well.

Give peace a chance.

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They should start with their illegal settlements first.

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killdozer dude's wet dream

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WTF are they going to knock down that hasn't already been leveled?!?

But do have to say that thing is ominous.