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I wonder what the biggest ordinance in the ground is. Armorning some giant bulldozers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komatsu_D575A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by flavor8 10y ago
I wonder what the biggest ordinance in the ground is. Armorning some giant bulldozers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komatsu_D575A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komatsu_D575A) presumably would not do the trick, or they'd be doing it already.
- hx87 10y agoGiven that armored IDF Caterpillar D9s can survive 500-1000 pound IEDs, which is larger than the explosive charge in any WWI artillery shell, getting mine clearing machines to survive isn't the problem. Finding said shells, which are dug deep into soggy ground, is a bigger problem.
- Pxtl 10y agoI imagine the soggy ground would easily incapacitate such a vehicle even if the bomb can't.
- jon-wood 10y agoIndividual shells probably aren't that powerful but there are also absolutely huge explosives at the end of tunnels which were intended to be exploded and destroy enemy trenches. Googling brings up this article about a 50,000lb tunnel bomb under a field in Belgium: http://rense.com/general47/50000lbWW1bomb.htm http://rense.com/general47/50000lbWW1bomb.htm