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The M4 high-speed tractor used M4 Sherman tracks, roadwheels, and drive sprocket. However, the suspension was of the HVSS type, first introduced on a light tank T6 project in 1938. One variant was designed to tow the 90 mm anti-aircraft gun , and another was for the 155 mm gun or 8-inch howitzer . [ 1 ]
Cletrac in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 406th Fighter Group. The M2 is a fully tracked vehicle designed to tow aircraft on primitive airfields. It was equipped with a 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) winch with 300 ft (91 m) of 3 ⁄ 8 in (9.5 mm) cable, an auxiliary generator (3 kW at 110 volts DC), and an air compressor (3 stage, 16.7 CFPM, 2,000 PSI)
M2 high-speed tractor (G111) M3 unknown; M4 tractor, full-track, high-speed, 18-ton (G150) ... US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII.
Produced by Ward LaFrance and Kenworth, it was the US Army's standard heavy recovery truck during World War II; 5,735 were produced during the war. [49] M2 high-speed tractor: Tractor: Tracked: 1941 Produced during World War II to tow heavy bomber aircraft around airfields. [48] M2 light tractor: Tractor: Tracked: 1940s M4 high-speed tractor ...
The M5 high-speed tractor entered service with the US Army in 1943 and was one of the primary medium artillery prime movers along with the GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6x6 truck and the Diamond T 4-ton 6x6 truck. In 1944, 200 M5s were provided to an appreciative Soviet Union for use by the Red Army who quickly rushed them into service. [4] [5]
Tractor crane, 1-ton, International Harvester model T6; G-109 M1 bomb service truck, Ford, model 19F; G-110 M1 bomb service truck, Diamond T model 201-BS; G-111 M2 high-speed tractor, 7-ton, model MG-1 Cletrac Tractor Co. G-112 M1 emergency repair, Fargo Dodge; G-113, M2 light tractor IH T-6. G-113 M2 light tractor, International Harvester ...
The M2 half-track car was an armored half-track produced by the United States during World War II.Its design drew upon half-tracks imported from France in the 1930s, employing standard components supplied by U.S. truck manufacturers to speed production and reduce costs.
M2 light tank chassis M4 high-speed tractor – USA, 1943; M3 Stuart chassis M5 high-speed tractor – USA, 1942; M3 Lee chassis M33 prime mover – converted by removing turret and recovery gear from M31 TRV. 109 converted in 1943–44. M4 Sherman chassis