4/6/04 the day of the KILLERDOZER!

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Marvin John Heemeyer (1952 – June 4, 2004) was a skilled welder and owner of an automobile muffler-shop. On June 4, 2004, he destroyed a significant portion of Granby, Colorado, a small town in the U.S..

Heemeyer was born in South Dakota. He had disputes with various officials and individuals in Granby, particularly involving a zoning dispute which allowed a concrete factory to be constructed opposite his muffler shop, severely hindering him from operating his business.

Described by local people as very intelligent and an expert at welding, Heemeyer constructed an improvised 85-ton tank by welding two layers of steel armor sandwiched with concrete onto a 53-ton Komatsu D335A bulldozer (which was initially identified as a Caterpillar D9). His creation has been nicknamed "Killdozer".

In places, the vehicle's armor was over one foot thick, consisting of concrete sandwiched between sheets of steel to make ad-hoc composite armor. For visibility, Killdozer was fitted with three video cameras linked to monitors mounted on the vehicle's dashboard.

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Even though it seems he was a complete nutter, he deserves a bit of respect. That's quite an impressive piece of engineering, and at least he avoided hurting anyone on his rampage.
 
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Rich1988 said:
it can go through a foot of steel and concrete, seems a little hard to believe.
70 30mm depleted uranium slugs per second, each travelling at 990m/s.

Considering 6 rounds from a GAU-8 will destroy most modern MBTs, is it so hard to believe? :)
 
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Rich1988 said:
it can go through a foot of steel and concrete, seems a little hard to believe.

Maybe one round couldnt do it... but these are tank killers. Takes just 6 rounds to own a Russian Main Battle tank and those cannons fire at 4200 rounds per minute. KillDozer wouldnt have stood a chance!

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