This is a robotic version of the IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer, the main large bulldozer used by Israel’s combat engineers.
These kinds of bulldozers are usually manned, and you can have several people in the cockpit of the large machine. However, the problem with these massive lumbering machines is that they are not usually well-armored.
That means that if you send them into a battlefield, they can be vulnerable to RPG fire or anti-tank missiles. Even though the driver and a second person in the cockpit can carry an M-16, or one can send tanks to support these vehicles, the challenge remains that they can be targeted easily due to their slow movement and size.
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