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M3 Halftrack was an armored vehicle used by the United States, the British Empire and the other Allies during World War II.
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- US Marines M3 Halftrack Tank Destroyer being beach landed in the Pacific. The location is unknown
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- M3 GMC Halftrack Rolls out of LST onto Cape Gloucester 1943
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- 5th Army Troops M3 Ambulance and M4 Tanks near Nettuno 1944
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- M3 Half track front White factory
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- Marines 75 mm GMC M3 half track in action Iwo Jima 1945
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- 1945 GIs Danube River Ferry jeeps and antiaircraft M3 M16 MGMC
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- Allied Troops on M3 Halftrack Greeted by Civilians in Liberated Pioppo Sicily 1943
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- 1st Army MP and M3 Halftracks with trailers in Ruins of Alterkirchen Germany 1945
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- US Troops and M16 Gun Motor Carriage named “Hitlers Hearse” in Rennes France
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- M3 Half track White factory chassis
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- 3rd Division M3A1 Half track with trailer Strasskirchen Germany
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- US 5th Army Troops in M3 Half Track in Venfron Italy 1944
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- US 27th Field Artillery Troops in T12 75mm GMC M1897A4 M3
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- GIs in M3A1 half track attack near Wiezemburg Germany 1945
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- White Motor Company T12 75mm Gun Motor Carriage W409545 1942
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- US Troops in Action on M3 Gun Motor Carriage in Italy 1943
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- M3 Half track White factory chassis side profile
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- M16 with four M2HB machine guns at Camp Davis
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- German Troops By burning US M3 Halftrack Battle of the Bulge
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- US Army M3 Half Track with 75mm GMC
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- M15A1 AA in Sicily 1943
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- M3A1 halftrack of 3rd Infantry Division and 20th Armored Division Takes POWs Munich Germany 1945
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- M3 Halftrack of 2nd Free French Armored Division Colmar France 1945
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- M3 halftrack 1945
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- M16 MGMC with M45 Quadmount Remagen Ludendorff Bridge March 1945
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- M3A1 somewhere in Germany 1945
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- M3 halftrack and Jeep
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- M3 Half Track
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- Marine tank destroyer M3 GMC with 75mm gun Cape Gloucester Pacific, December 1943
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- camouflaged M3 halftrack
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- German SU-57 (T48 GMC)
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- German captured M3 halftrack and SdKfz 251 Ausf C
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- m3 halftrack 26
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- m3 halftrack 08
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- m3 halftrack 32
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- Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen M3 401(a)
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- m3 halftrack 46
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- m3 halftrack 28
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- German M3 halftrack – Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen M3 401(a)
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- m3 halftrack 31
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- m3 halftrack 68
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- m3 halftrack 69
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- m3 halftrack 61
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- German M3 halftrack – Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen M3 401(a), Normandy 1944
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- m3 halftrack 06
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- m3 halftrack 05
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- m3 halftrack 51
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- m3 halftrack 67
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- m3 halftrack 45
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- m3 halftrack 33
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- m3 halftrack 29
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- m3 halftrack 66
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- Rear bogie of M3
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- Ex-German M3 and Jeep 1945
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- M3 halftracks in a convoy during North African campaign
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- German M3 halftrack
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- German M3 Half-track 18
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- SdKfz 251 and M3 half track
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- German SU-57 (T48 GMC) 3
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- captured German M3 halftrack
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- German SU-57 (T48 GMC) 2
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- German M3 halftrack and SdKfz 263
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- M2 and SdKfz 251 halftrack
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- German M2 halftrack
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- M3 halftrack side view
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- German M3 halftracks
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- M3 captured by the Germans and pressed into service
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- German M3 halftrack rear view
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- German M3 halftrack 58
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- German M3 halftrack
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- German M3 halftrack 2
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- captured M3 halftrack
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- German M3 halftrack rear
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- German M3 halftrack 4
M3 Halftrack was an armored vehicle used by the United States, the British Empire and the other Allies during World War II.
crew |
13 (M3, M3A1); 5-12 (M3A2) |
lenght |
6160 mm (M3); 6340 mm (M3A1, M3A2) |
width |
1960 mm (M3); 2220 mm (M3A1, M3A2) |
height |
2260 mm (M3); 2690 mm (M3A1, M3A2) |
combat weight |
9100kg (M3); 9300kg (M3A1); 9600kg (M3A2) |
armor / angle: |
12,7 mm windshield; 6,35 mm radiator, sides, rear and hood top |
engine: |
White 160AX, 147 hp at 3000 rpm, 6 cylinder, water-cooled, gasoline 6330 cm3. |
transmission |
4 forward and 1 reverse |
fuel |
230 l |
tracks width |
300 mm |
number of links per track |
58 |
track contact |
1187 mm |
wheel base |
3440 mm |
front thread (tire) |
1638 mm |
rear thread (track) |
1620 mm |
max speed |
72 km/h |
range |
320 km |
turning radius |
18 m |
trench crossing |
1000 mm |
vertical obstacle |
300 mm |
fording |
800 mm |
ground clearance |
285 mm |
manufacturer |
Autocar Co., White Motor Co., Diamond T Motor Car Co. |
Bibliography:
- M3 Infantry Half-Track 1940-1973 – Steven J. Zaloga, Osprey New Vanguard 11
- US Half-tracks of World War II – Steven J. Zaloga, Osprey Vanguard 31
- U.S. Half-Tracks in Combat 1941-1945 – Steven J. Zaloga, Concord Publications Company
- U.S. WW II Half-Track Mortar Carriers, Howitzers Motor Carriages & Gun Motor Carriages – Michael Franz, Tankograd Technical Manual Series No. 6010
- M3 Half-Track in Action – Jim Mesko, Squadron/Signal Publication Armor Number 34
- Half-Track: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles – R.P. Hunnicutt 2001
- M3 Half-Track APC – B. H. Vanderveen, Armour in Profile Number 17
- Half-Track – Wydawnictwo Militaria 25
- Scout-Cars & Half-Tracks
- American Tanks & AFVs of World War II – Michael Green, Osprey General Military 2014