Afstan and the US Marines' Assault Breacher Vehicle: Hobart's "funnies" updated

First, what Major General Sir Percy Hobart got up to in WW II. Now a new vehicle below, certainly would have helped in the bocage of Normandy:

Marine assault vehicles key to Afghan strategy
As U.S. and Afghan troops prepare for an offensive in Helmand province, the Assault Breacher Vehicle - a cross between a tank and a bulldozer - is intended to conquer the terrain and roadside bombs.

The 70-ton Assault Breacher Vehicle, shown at Camp Pendleton, is designed to detonate buried explosives, clearing the way for other vehicles and troops. Each costs $3.75 million. (Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times / January 19, 2010)...

More on the ABV here and here, plus a video: