Comment on 📛Killdozers, Rollout!📛

AzuraTheSpellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Are armored bulldozers only used by Israel or a common use case?

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not only armoured — going by the picture, also armed

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    • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      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.

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  • huppakee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Afaik armies use bulldozers all the time. But not while engaging the enemy. Israel uses theirs 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 army that does that. Kind reminder that targeting civil infrastructure is a war crime. Destroying homes on purpose is a war crime.

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  • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think some police departments use them in lieu of bear cats. Even the little skid steer bob cats can knock down a wall

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