BTM High Speed Ditching Machine

The IDF captured several BTMs from Syrian forces on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War (1973).

White Sands Missile Range

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BTM-3 Trench Digger

The BTM is a high-speed, bucket-wheel ditching machine mounted on the chassis of the AT-T heavy tracked artillery tractor. This vehicle can dig an 80cm wide and 1.5 meter deep ditch 1,120 meters long in one hour. It was originally designed for trenching in frozen ground.

 
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