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A 2003 incident involving an IDF D9, in which a 23-year-old American activist was killed, resulted in a lawsuit brought against Caterpillar, Inc. in the United States. [4] The court dismissed the case on grounds that it was outside their jurisdiction, and that Israeli tort law was a sufficient avenue to pursue remedies.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. An Israeli armored Caterpillar D9R bulldozer. Its armor allows it to work under heavy fire. The IDF Caterpillar D9 — nicknamed Doobi — is a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is supplied by Caterpillar Inc. and modified by the Israel Defense Forces ...
An IDF Caterpillar D9: a Caterpillar D9R bulldozer with Israeli armour used by the Israel Defense Forces. The armoured bulldozer is a basic tool of combat engineering.These combat engineering vehicles combine the earth moving capabilities of the bulldozer with armour which protects the vehicle and its operator in or near combat.
The cost of a new Cat D9 bulldozer is at least $900,000 (£739,624) but extensive “slat armour” editions and offensive capabilities mean the vehicle’s total cost likely exceeds £1 million.
The D9 itself was an old model that was no longer in production. During the one-and-a-half hour rampage, law enforcement officers fired hundreds of bullets at the makeshift tank and set off explosive charges against it, but could not stop the D9's rampage. Finally the fortified D9 came to rest, trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building.
1987: D8N (285 hp [213 kW]) with differential steer transmission, the first track-type Caterpillar tractor to have one (the new D8N was smaller than the old D8L size, which was replaced by the new D9N model). 1996: 305 hp (227 kW) D8R replaced D8N. 2000: D8R Series 2 replaced the D8R. 2004: 310 hp (230 kW) D8T ACERT replaced D8R Series 2. [1]
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CAT D10N at work in Rishon LeZion, Israel. Among modern tractors, the High Drive (elevated sprocket) design was unique to Caterpillar products. The concept originated in 1914 with Caterpillar predecessor C. L. Best Tractor's 30 Humpback; [citation needed] this tractor was discontinued a year later, and the only other tractor to use the concept until the D10's introduction was the Cletrac Model ...