Demolition vehicle

A demolition vehicle is a vehicle used to demolish buildings and other structures.

Military forces require such vehicles to clear obstacles, fortifications and rubble so that they can safely advance.

The first being the prototypes of explosive robotic drones of Aubriot-Gabet 'land torpedoes' invented in France in 1915^[2] and the Crocodile Schneider-Creusot, 20 examples were put into service with the 2nd french Army in July 1915.^[3]

Examples used during the Second World War include the

Specialist demolition vehicles may be used by civilian contractors. Volvo produce a range of tracked vehicles equipped with lengthy hydraulic arms and a variety of attachments including drills, grabs, pincers and scoops.^[4]

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  A Goliath remote-piloted demolition charge being used in Russia in 1944
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  An IDF D9 demolishing a house in the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada
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  A Trojan AVRE in Helmand Province
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  A Volvo EC480EHR high reach demolition machine

See also

• Demolition belt

References

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