The Israeli army actively uses Caterpillar D9 bulldozers in its combat operations. These tracked vehicles are used for various engineering tasks: clearing paths for Merkava tanks, destroying various fortifications, and clearing mines.
Israel armored dozer with MAJIC-1 add-on self-defence jammer which will divert wire guided ATGM off its target and E-LAWS which will Detects, categorizes and pinpoints laser sources such as rangefinders, designators, beam riders, infrared and illuminators. pic.twitter.com/4RGGhJJzRN
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To protect them from small arms and rocket-propelled anti-tank grenades, they are equipped with additional armor, and lattice anti-cumulative screens are installed. As a result, the weight of "combat tractors" currently exceeds 71,000 kg.
To counter guided missiles, MAJIC-1 optoelectronic suppression systems with e-LAWS laser radiation sensors were installed on them. As a result, "nine" has received effective protection against antitank guided missiles of the second generation. In addition, the crew now learns in a timely manner that they have come into the field of view of the enemy's sight.
Currently, armored bulldozers are used in many armies around the world, including the Russian one. According to military experts, it is possible that the protective equipment will be used in our country. Moreover, there is experience of the successful use of anti-missile systems by the Syrian army on armored vehicles, for example, on T-90 tanks.
Alexey Brusilov