4. M9 Armoured Utility Vehicle
Joined the Service in 1970s
Producer: United Defense
Price: *$300 million
Shift or get shifted. Mobile armored vehicles come in the form of the M9 Armored Combat Earthmover, or ACE. Combat engineers use the ACE, which offers assistance to front-line troops. The Universal Engineered Tractor produced the M9. Midway through the 1980s, the tractor, scraper, and dozer known as the ACE was put into service.
M9 Combat Armored Earthmover | Twitter.com / @shiensyaryo_botIt can assist soldiers in both offensive and defensive maneuvers. It digs hull battle positions, breaches berms, prepares anti-tank ditches and combat roads, removes barricades, and bulldozes obstacles in the water. The M9 ACE may be crewed by one person and weights 24.4 tons (36,001 pounds). Smoke dischargers are its primary weaponry.
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