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200 mi (320 km) Maximum speed. 45 mph (72 km/h) on road. The M3 half-track was an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War. Derived from the M2 half-track car, the M3 was extensively produced, with about 15,000 standard M3s and more than 38,000 variant units manufactured.
Half-track. A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels at the front for steering and continuous tracks at the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. The purpose of this combination is to produce a vehicle with the cross-country capabilities of a tank and the handling of a wheeled vehicle.
The T19 howitzer gun motor carriage is an artillery purpose M3 Half-track, with a howitzer emplaced on the tracked portion of the frame. It was 20 ft 2 in long, 7 ft 3.5 in wide, 7 ft 8 in high, with a weight of 9.54 short tons. The suspension consisted of semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs for the wheels and vertical volute springs for ...
45 mph (72 km/h) [1] 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. The concept was designed, and the pilot models ...
42 mph (68 km/h) The M5 half-track (officially the Carrier, Personnel, Half-track, M5) was an American armored personnel carrier in use during World War II. It was developed in 1942 when existing manufacturers of the M2 half-track car, and M3 half-track could not keep up with production demand. International Harvester (IH) had capacity to ...
Operational. range. 150 mi (240 km) Maximum speed. 47 mph (75 km/h) The M3 gun motor carriage (M3 GMC) was a United States Army tank destroyer equipped with a 75 mm M1897A4 gun, which was built by the Autocar Company during World War II. After observing the new and often decisive use of armored vehicles on both sides during the French campaign ...
A prototype vehicle was authorized in October 1941 armed with an M1A1 75 mm Pack Howitzer and a mount that was designed to fit on a simple box structure in the back of an M3 Half-track. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Authorization for the production of two prototypes was given in January 1942; [ 9 ] [ a ] first deliveries of the vehicle were made the following ...
T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage. T30 Howitzer Motor Carriage. T48 Gun Motor Carriage. Type 1 Ho-Ha. Type 98 20 mm AA half-track vehicle. Type 98 Ko-Hi. Categories: Armoured fighting vehicles of World War II. Half-tracks.