Meng Model SS-010 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour

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1/35th scale D9R w/slatted armour IDF by Meng models. 




Meng Model SS-010 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour

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kindy allowed me to share his photos of his 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour 
Meng Model SS-010 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour
I had A wonderful time doing this kit. It's the 1/35th scale D9R w/slatted armour IDF by Meng models. Lots of parts and it takes a while to finish but, everything fits fine and the track links are very cooperative. I really enjoyed this kit.


The Israeli Armored CAT D9—nicknamed Doobi (Hebrew: דובי‎, for teddy bear)—is a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer that was modified by the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Military Industries and Israel Aerospace Industries to increase the survivability of the bulldozer in hostile environments and enable it to withstand heavy attacks, thus making it suitable for military combat engineering use. The IDF Caterpillar D9 is operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Combat Engineering Corps for combat engineering and counter-terrorism operations, text by wiki







Meng Model SS-010 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour



Meng Model SS-010 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour

Text by wiki

The D9R, the latest generation of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers in IDF service, has a power of 405–410 horsepower and drawbar pull of 71.6 metric tons (about 702 kN). Older generations, such as D9L and D9N are still in service, mainly in the reserve forces. The D9 has a crew of two: operator and commander. It is operated by the TZAMA (In Hebrew: צמ"ה‎ = ציוד מכני הנדסי, mechanical engineering equipment) units of the Combat Engineering Corps.

The main IDF modification is the installation of an Israeli-made vehicle armour kit which provides armour protection to the mechanical systems and to the operator cabin. The operator and commander are protected inside an armoured cabin ("the cockpit"), with bulletproof glass windows to protect against bombs, machine guns, and sniper fire. The IDF also developed and installed slat armour add-on to deflect rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds. The fitted armour package adds roughly 15 additional tons to the production-line weight of the D9. The modified D9 bulldozers can be fitted with disparate features, such as crew-operated machine guns, smoke projectors, or grenade launchers. The Israeli armour and durable construction of the D9 make it impervious to landmines, IED and large belly charges.



The IDF uses the D9 for a wide variety of combat engineering tasks, such as earthworks, digging moats, mounting sand barriers, building fortifications, rescuing stuck, overturned or damaged armored fighting vehicles (along with the M88 Recovery Vehicle), clearing land mines, detonating IEDs and explosives, handling booby traps, clearing terrain obstacles and opening routes to armored fighting vehicles and infantry, as well as structures demolition, including under fire.





Meng Model SS-010 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour


D9R and Early 21st century

IDF Caterpillar D9R of the Combat Engineering School on display, notice the slat armour and the red-painted handles.

IDF D9R (with slat armour) during training in the desert

IDF D9R in IDF Ground Command (Army) Yom Ha'atzmaut exhibition, 2012.

IDF D9R in IDF Ground Command (Army) Yom Ha'atzmaut exhibition, 2018.
During the early 2000s, the new D9R entered IDF service, equipped with a new generation armour designed by the IDF's MASHA (Hebrew: מש"א‎, lit. Restoration and Maintenance Center), Israel Aerospace Industries and Zoko Shiloovim (Caterpillar Inc. importers in Israel). Due to the increasing threat of shaped charge anti-tank rockets and an anti-tank missile, the IDF introduced in 2005 a slat armour, installed in large numbers on the IDF D9R dozers in 2006. The slat armour proved to be effective and life-saving; its developers and installers won the IDF's Ground Command award.

The IDF also operates armoured remote-controlled D9N bulldozers, called "Raam HaShachar" (Hebrew: רעם השחר‎, lit. "thunder of dawn") often incorrectly referred as "black thunder". The remote-controlled bulldozer is used when there is a great risk for human life, mainly when opening dangerous routes and detonating explosive charges.

Armoured D9R bulldozers and unmanned "Raam HaShachar" D9N bulldozers played an important role in the Second Lebanon War (2006) and Operation Cast Lead (2008–2009). Both bulldozer types were involved in opening routes, clearing explosives and IEDs, building sand mounds to protect AFVs and infantry camps, and demolishing structures such as rigged buildings, HQs, warehouses, outposts, bunkers and tunnels – often concealed in civilian structures. In total, 100 D9s were deployed during Operation Cast Lead.

Armoured D9R bulldozers took part in the effort to extinguish 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire. The armoured bulldozers opened the route to fire trucks and firefighters into the heart of the fire. They also created buffer zones by clearing shrubbery and mounting soil barriers in order to prevent the fire from spreading. They also helped extinguish fires by burying them in dirt and soil.

In 2014 the IDF Caterpillar D9 was recorded in Guinness World Records as the most armoured bulldozer in the world.[12]

In 2019, Elbit Systems won an IMOD contract to install the Iron Fist active protection system on the IDF's armoured D9 bulldozers, to give it extra protection from anti-tank missiles.

D9T Panda
In 2018 the Israel Defense Forces Combat Engineering Corps started to deploy and operate the "Panda" – a remote-controlled version of an armoured Caterpillar D9T bulldozer. In 2018, Israel Aerospace Industries announced that it had signed a contract to equip the IDF with more D9T Panda dozers.

Models in IDF service







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Meng Model SS-010 1:35th scale D9R Armored Bulldozer with slat armour

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