Afaik armies use bulldozers all the time. But not while engaging the enemy. Israel uses their bulldozers mainly to level homes and other civilian structures, which is why theirs trigger a reaction that warrants the added protection. Not a definite answer to your question, but i don’t know of any other army that does that. Kind reminder that targeting civil infrastructure is a war crime. Destroying homes on purpose is a war crime.
But is that unusual? They also have tanks, logistic vehicles and other common war fighting equipment. I had a read and it seems than armored bulldozers are rather common. Ie. They didn’t engineer a weapon for home and infrastructure destruction, but have a thing with an actual, Geneva compliant use case.
Are armored bulldozers only used by Israel or a common use case?
Afaik armies use bulldozers all the time. But not while engaging the enemy. Israel uses their bulldozers mainly to level homes and other civilian structures, which is why theirs trigger a reaction that warrants the added protection. Not a definite answer to your question, but i don’t know of any other army that does that. Kind reminder that targeting civil infrastructure is a war crime. Destroying homes on purpose is a war crime.
Not only armoured — going by the picture, also armed
But is that unusual? They also have tanks, logistic vehicles and other common war fighting equipment. I had a read and it seems than armored bulldozers are rather common. Ie. They didn’t engineer a weapon for home and infrastructure destruction, but have a thing with an actual, Geneva compliant use case.
I think some police departments use them in lieu of bear cats. Even the little skid steer bob cats can knock down a wall