MIL-V-62468D, MILITARY SPECIFICATION: VEHICLE, ARMORED COMBAT EARTHMOVER, M9 ACE (30-NOV-1992) [NO S/S DOCUMENT]

MIL-V-62468D, MILITARY SPECIFICATION: VEHICLE, ARMORED COMBAT EARTHMOVER, M9 ACE (30-NOV-1992) [NO S/S DOCUMENT]., This specification establishes the requirements for the manufacture and acceptance of full tracked, high speed, dozer/scraper combination, armored combat earthmover. The Armored Combat Earthmover M9 ACE is an 18 ton (16,330 kilogram (kg), full-tracked, alluminum-hulled vehicle developed to provide highly mobile earthmoving capability to combat engineer platoons placed in support of mechanized and armored battalion task forces. This mobility is obtained by the vehicle characteristics of 30 miles per hour (mph) 48 kilometers per hour (km/h) speed, air transportability and air drop capability, and the ability to swim inland waterways.