Caterpillar D9

Caterpillar D9 is a heavy tracked-type tractor, commonly refer to as a bulldozer. The D9 weighs about 50 tons and has power of about 410 horsepower and drawbar pull of 71.6 metric tons. It is 4 meters tall, and 8.5 meters long. The D9 is a very popular for large earthmoving projects.

Caterpillar D9 bulldozer

The D9 became highly known due to it use by the Israeli Defense Forces to battle Palestinians. The IDF Combat Engineering Corps operates up-armoured versions of the D9, with Israeli armour kit installed, which allow them to work under heavy fire. The heavy D9 bulldozers served also in the Israeli-Arab wars and helped the IDF breach the Suez canal and a road to Mount Hermon highest peak. However, they gained publicity in the Second Intifada, when they were used to demolish houses, clear roads from booby-traps and explosives and flatten shrubbery and orchards. Military experts cite the armored D9 bulldozer as a key factor in keeping IDF casualties low.

The United States Army and the United States Marine Corps were impressed from the Israeli armored D9 and purchased about 12 armor kits from the IDF, which the Israeli Military and Aircraft industries installed on Caterpillar's new D9R model. The armored D9R gained highly favorable reviews from American troops in Iraq.

See Caterpillar D9 and דחפור די-9 for more details.

See category Category:IDF Caterpillar D9 for IDF Caterpillar D9 images.

General

Collage / composite images

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  IDF D9 models
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  IDF D9 models
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  IDF D9 models
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  IDF D9 models
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  top: IDF D9L, D9H, bottom: IDF D9R, D9T

IDF D9 on white background

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IDF D9 on transparent background

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Videos

• CAT D9L crushes a car

Caterpillar D9H

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  D9G or D9H
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  D9H
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  D9H

Caterpillar D9L

Civilian

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  CAT D9L
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  CAT D9L
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  CAT D9L
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  CAT D9L
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  CAT D9L (cockpit)
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  CAT D9L
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  CAT D9L

Israel Defense Forces

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  IDF D9L armored bulldozer, Second Lebanon War
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  IDF D9L (right) and D9N (left)
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  IDF D9L armored bulldozer
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  IDF D9L armored bulldozer
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  IDF D9L (photo with colors correction)
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  IDF armoured D9L (left) and D9R (right)
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  IDF D9L armored bulldozer, Second Lebanon War
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  IDF D9L razing a house during the Second Intifada

Caterpillar D9N

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  IDF armored D9N
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  IDF armored D9N
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  IDF armored D9N
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  IDF armored D9N
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  Raam HaShachar
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  Raam HaShachar
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  IDF armored D9N crossing a bridge

Caterpillar D9R

Civilian

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  CAT D9R
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  CAT D9R in waste handling configuration

Israel Defense Forces

Raw images

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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against ATGMs & RPGs, Israel 60th Independence Day
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  IDF slat-armored D9R, Israel 60th Independence Day
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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against ATGM & RPG, in LIC 2005 exhibition
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  Israeli armored D9R, with ATGM protection.
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  Armored IDF D9R
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  IDF D9R with conic driller
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  IDF slat-armored D9R, Israel 60th Independence Day
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  IDF D9R - rear ripper
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  IDF D9R in Rishon LeZion beach
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  IDF D9R with slat armor
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  IDF D9R with slat armor
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  IDF D9R with slat armor
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  IDF D9R with slat armor
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  IDF D9R with slat armor and FN MAG
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  IDF D9R with slat armor and FN MAG
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  IDF D9R which took part in fighting Mount Carmel fire (2010)
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  IDF D9R which took part in fighting Mount Carmel fire (2010)
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  IDF D9R in the desert
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  IDF D9R in the desert
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  IDF D9R in the desert
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  IDF D9R in the desert
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  IDF D9R in Yad LaShiryon, Israel 70th Independence Day
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  IDF D9R in Yad LaShiryon, Israel 70th Independence Day
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  IDF D9R in Yad LaShiryon, Israel 70th Independence Day
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  IDF D9R in Yad LaShiryon, Israel 70th Independence Day
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  IDF D9R pushing soil

Processed images

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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against anti-tank weapons, Israel's 64th Independence Day
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  IDF armored D9R or D9T with add-on slat armor against anti-tank weapons parking in IDF outpost
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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against anti-tank weapons, in Israel's 60th Independence Day (processed version of File:D9R-001a.jpg)
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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against anti-tank weapons, in LIC 2005 exhibition (sign removed)
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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against anti-tank weapons, in Israel's 60th Independence Day (processed version of File:D9R-002.jpg)
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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against anti-tank weapons, in Israel's 60th Independence Day (processed version of File:D9R-002.jpg)
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  IDF D9R on white background
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  IDF armored D9R during drill
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  IDF D9R clearing explosives
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  IDF D9R clearing explosives
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  IDF Caterpillar D9R armored bulldozer with add-on slat armor
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  IDF armored D9R with slat armor, front view on the massive bulldozer blade
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  IDF armored D9R with add-on slat armor against anti-tank weapons, in LIC 2005 exhibition (with Flag of Israel)
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  IDF armored D9R with slat armor, front view on the massive bulldozer blade
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  IDF armored D9R, close-up on cabin and slat armor
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  Mount Carmel fire
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  IDF D9R, Independence Day 2017
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  IDF D9R and Nammer CEV, Independence Day 2017
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  IDF D9R, Independence Day 2017
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  IDF D9R pushing soil

US Armed Forces

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  Armored USMC CAT D9R
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  Sgt. Gail Gray poses beside her D9 bulldozer near Tikrit.
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  US Army D9R unpack from HETs
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  USMC CAT D9R erecting sand barrier

Caterpillar D9T

Civilian

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  CAT D9T bulldozer
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  D9T with 3-shanks ripper
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Israel Defense Forces

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  IDF D9T armored bulldozer
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  IDF D9T on display in Israel 66th Independence Day exhibition
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  IDF D9T on display in Israel 66th Independence Day exhibition
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  IDF D9T during Operation Protective Edge
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  IDF D9T during Operation Protective Edge
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