Military Earthmovers

Military tractors and bulldozers are used for construction and for towing heavy loads. They often fill in for other vehicles where their extreme maneuver capabilities and heavy towing capacity are indispensable. Bulldozers have even served as assault vehicles, moving against enemy positions with a dozer blade, when nothing else was available. Some of the tractors/bulldozers used by the military are minimally adapted civilian models while others have been designed specifically for military missions.

Other earthmovers, such as graders and scrapers, are typically civilian models with only minor modifications for use by military engineers. See also Cranes.

Soldiers wearing gas masks work with a bulldozer to install a culvert, World War II, 1942
Soldiers wearing gas masks work with a bulldozer to install a culvert, World War II, 1942.

Today in WW II: 4 Jul 1942 German bombers and submarines sink 24 ships of Convoy PQ 17 to the Soviet Union after the convoy spread out in the Arctic Ocean to evade the German battleship Tirpitz. More ↓

4 Jul 1942 US Eighth Air Force flies its first mission in Europe using six borrowed British planes; only three aircraft returned.
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Chart of Military Earthmovers

In this chart of military earthmovers, click on the photo link to go to the page of photos and information for the specific truck. See also Military Tractors.

Vehicle	Description	Photo Link
WW II Tractors/ Bulldozers	Tractors and bulldozers, large and small, were used all over the globe for a wide variety of tasks during WW II.
D-7	D-7 Caterpillar Bulldozer
TD-20	International Harvester TD-20 Tractor / Bulldozer
M-9 ACE	M-9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE)
DEUCE	Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover (DEUCE)
M-728	M-728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV) Based on M60 tank hull.
290M	Clark 290M Tractor, Wheeled, Diesel Engine Driven