Armoured Dozer

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

Is that some kind of improvised armoured cab, or a standard fitting? It’s definitely not the M2 cab:

I think it is an improvised cab. Of all the armoured dozers I have seen on here, I think the British one was the best

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Of all the armoured dozers I have seen on here, I think the British one was the best

The US Navy one I posted looks even better to me, just on appearance alone, mind Hydraulically operated blade like the British vehicles, but a fully enclosed cab with a big visor that can be opened for better visibility outside of immediate danger. It almost looks like a 2.0 version of the British ones, but I couldn’t find out anything more about it when I tried on finding those pictures.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

The US Navy one I posted looks even better to me, just on appearance alone, mind Hydraulically operated blade like the British vehicles, but a fully enclosed cab with a big visor that can be opened for better visibility outside of immediate danger. It almost looks like a 2.0 version of the British ones, but I couldn’t find out anything more about it when I tried on finding those pictures.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Have not seen it before, I reckon the US Navy one could be a one-off.

The open cab on the British one offers less protection of course but a much better view to operate the dozer.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

A famous photo taken on NAN WHITE Beach at Bernières-sur-Mer - read more here: https://flic.kr/p/UTh3hV

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[Jakko Westerbeke]

Not sure it’s a one-off, it seems fairly elaborate with those curved armour plates. But it’s proving frustratingly hard to find out more about that US Navy one — what part of, “Google, I want things that refer to the Navy” doesn’t that stupid site understand?

But in trying that, I did come across yet another, captioned as a “Caterpillar D-8 Tractor with Armored Cab”:

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Also this one, showing the cab being fitted to one of the bulldozers in the photo Patrice posted:

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At least, it’s most likely one of those, because that shows seven with the same armour plating, and these plywood templates for that have “7 required” and “14 required” written on them:

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Nice finds, Jakko!