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Combat engineering vehicle
M9 armored combat earthmover is a combat engineering vehicle originating in United States.
United StatesM9 armored combat earthmover
Cpl. Michael Dye · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedCombat engineering vehicle
United States
1986-present
34,800 pounds (15,800 kg) (combat loaded)
6.15 m
2.79 m (without blade extensions)
2.7 m
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Aluminum, Kevlar, and Steel, resistant to shell splinters and small arms fire, NBC protection
Cummins V903C, 8 cylinder, diesel 295 hp (220 kW)
Hydropneumatic
322 km or 200 miles
30 miles per hour (48 km/h)
South Korea
United States
Republic of China
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.15 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
M9 armored combat earthmover equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Egypt
South KoreaArmy exact named equipment holdings: M9. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE VEHICLES / AEV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for KM9 ACE. Service scope: Republic of Korea Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 207. Origin: United States South Korea. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
TaiwanArmy exact named equipment holdings: M9. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE VEHICLES / AEV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
United StatesUS Army exact named equipment holdings: M9 ACE. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE VEHICLES / AEV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for M9 Armored Combat Earthmover. Service scope: United States Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 250. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. Cited source 2024-02-12. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.