| Kaoschallenged | 23 Mar 2013 5:36 p.m. PST |
Nice photos here of a Armored bulldozer on Saipan. I haven't seen one like this before. Robert
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| DuckanCover | 23 Mar 2013 10:48 p.m. PST |
Tilt up "windscreen" and (is that?) a roof hatch….. Compares favorably with the D7 of European Theatre fame. I can see (if that's the case) a reason for the roof hatch, as well as the extra ventilation in theatre from the tilting windscreen. I think the rationale for the open access on the European realtive was the requirement for deep wading… anyone recall? Duck |
| Kaoschallenged | 24 Mar 2013 1:32 a.m. PST |
I like the USMC version then this US Army one in Europe  . Robert
Bulldozer D7 of the 237th Engineer Battalion of the 1st U.S. Army link |
| Kaoschallenged | 24 Mar 2013 1:45 a.m. PST |
Though this one is nice too. Robert
Battle of Normandy: summer 1944: A bulldozer in a city in ruin. link |
| Cyclops | 24 Mar 2013 3:21 a.m. PST |
The little engine that could. Can't believe that dinky little thing is bulldozing a Panther. |
| Kaoschallenged | 24 Mar 2013 10:05 a.m. PST |
Good ol US equipment  . And the quantity too. I don't see an armored bulldozer here though,
Spring 1944 photo of bulldozers at the Engineer Depot, Thatcham, England in preparation for the D-Day invasion, 6 June 1944. link |
| Rudysnelson | 24 Mar 2013 12:39 p.m. PST |
My wife's uncle was a SeeBee in WW2. When he died, he left us a large numberof photos that he had gotten late in the war. Most were of action in the Phillipines.
Most I had not seen before including one of a japanese halftrack.
A number were of construction equipment. |
| Jemima Fawr | 24 Mar 2013 12:45 p.m. PST |
The British and US armoured dozers in Europe were all armoured by a single British company (who had the UK Caterpillar import licence) in a mad rush before D-Day. |
| Kaoschallenged | 24 Mar 2013 1:52 p.m. PST |
I think I have seen more of the UK,US and Japanese engineer/construction equipment then I have German. Has anyone seen any Italian engineer/construction equipment? Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 24 Mar 2013 6:26 p.m. PST |
Yep and the Sherman Dozers along with them . Robert |
| freerangeegg | 25 Mar 2013 5:20 a.m. PST |
Thats not a panther its a tiger II! |
| Kaoschallenged | 25 Mar 2013 5:35 p.m. PST |
Yup. Thats what it is Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 25 Mar 2013 9:39 p.m. PST |
The Humble Bulldozer's Contribution to Battle
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