Originally Posted by
Lyneham Lad
Well, JCB certainly managed to 'militarise' their backhoe loader and won a large contract with the US Army.
Whilst JCB do supply mil spec versions of their regular backhoe loaders, the US Army's HMEE requirement, which JCB won, was essentially a clean sheet design and is not just a 'militarised' regular, off the shelf backhoe...
-RP