Tag: military heavy equipment

Trucks

Cat M105 DEUCE a combat dozer that moves 6x as fast as a D5

What do you get when you throw some armor on a D5 and make it capable of speeds up to 30 miles per hour? You get a DEUCE. The M105 Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover (DEUCE) was first produced by Caterpillar in 1999 under contract with the U.S. Army, according to a page at Military-Today.com. A […]

September 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

Manitowoc to supply U.S. Army with custom, all-terrain cranes in $192 million contract

The U.S. Army has awarded Manitowoc Cranes a five-year, $192 million for all-terrain cranes. Manitowoc will provide the Army with 60-ton Grove GMK4100B cranes customized to battlefield specifications. In addition to shedding its usual yellow coat of paint for “Army colors,” Manitowoc says the cranes will have the capability to be fitted with armor. Additional customizations […]

June 22, 2015

Construction Equipment

Need a military-spec’d wheel loader or dozer? New GovPlanet site offers military rolling stock starting in November

Rolling stock coming out of U.S. military inventories will start selling in November on GovPlanet, a subsidiary of online heavy equipment and truck marketplace IronPlanet. Awarded a U.S. Defense Logistics Agency contract in July, IronPlanet will use its new online auction site to dispose of between $50 to 70 million government surplus rolling stock assets. […]

September 30, 2014

Construction Equipment

U.S. Army orders $50 million worth of HMEE high-speed backhoes from JCB

The group responsible for the largest order in JCB’s history just asked the British heavy equipment maker to re-up its supply of high-speed backhoes. The U.S. Army has ordered $50 million worth of High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEE) from JCB. These 17.5-ton backhoes are capable of reaching speeds up to 60 miles per hour thanks to […]

June 24, 2014