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An IDF bulldozer entering South Lebanon during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. (Yaron kaminsky) Last update - 23:27 06/01/2008 Report: IDF develops tiny bulldozer for combat inside Palestinian cities By The Associated Press Tags: Israel, IDF, Bulldozer  The Israel Defense Forces have developed a tiny bulldozer for combat operations inside Palestinian cities, a military publication reported. The little machine is designed for rumbling down narrow roads and paths in the closer quarters of Palestinian cities, where old sections are warrens of crowded alleyways between rundown concrete block buildings. In previous operations, IDF forces have sent full-size bulldozers ahead of ground troops, causing considerable damage to buildings. Advertisement The current edition of the soldiers' weekly Bamahaneh carries a picture of the new machine, called Lioness. It looks like a toy - a vehicle higher than it is wide or long, painted olive drab, with small wheels, and a black shovel attached to the front. It has room for one person behind heavily reinforced and protected windows. The description of the innocuous-looking machine takes it far out of the toy category. The main innovation, besides its small size, is a firing post for the driver, the article said. The driver can fire in all directions, staving off attacks and destroying targets, the article said. Ordinary bulldozers to not allow the driver to open fire. The little vehicle, running in front of the troops, can clear away obstacles like piles of garbage and improvised blockades of rocks and other materials, the article said. The article quoted Col. Amir Kochavi of the IDF ground forces engineering section, said the new bulldozer was developed because "there are different combat requirements to those we faced before, mostly because of the need to carry out engineering tasks in crowded, built-up areas." Related articles: American peace activist killed by army bulldozer in Rafah IDF shells Lebanese Army positions across northern border IDF tanks to be fitted with advanced anti-missile systems Bookmark to del.icio.us   Finkelstein in Lebanon A vocal U.S. critic of Israel met Monday with a senior Hezbollah official. Holocaustland 2007 sees record number of visitors at Auschwitz extermination camp.   1.   don`t wrestle with rats, eliminate the rubbish heap 23:26  |  frenz 06/01/08   2.   hahahaha ENGINEERING tasks??? 23:27  |  Ahmed 06/01/08   3.   Nano Bulldozers for the IDF. 00:20  |  Stephen. 07/01/08   4.   Watch out for bear pits! 10:04  |  Johnboy 07/01/08   5.   Palestinian terrorist to carry smaller bomb to inflict less damag 23:21  |  Yered Shmuel 07/01/08

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