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During World War II, the Germans used these captured half-tracks extensively under the name leichter Zugkraftwagen 37 U304(f) to tow various anti-tank guns. [9] With German half-tracks in short supply, Major Alfred Becker of the 21. Panzerdivision (which in 1944 was stationed near Caen in Normandy) suggested converting captured French vehicles.
From 1916 onward, there was a Russian project by the Putilov Plant to produce military half-tracks (the Austin-Putilov model), along the same lines, using trucks and French track parts. After the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union , Kégresse returned to his native France, where the system was used on Citroën cars ...
In 1924 Poland bought about 130 chassis of a Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV half-tack (essentially a Citroën Type B2 small car chassis with Kégresse track added). [3] Some were converted to all-terrain trucks while 90 were converted to armoured cars. [3] The design of the wz. 28 armoured car was partially based on contemporary French designs.
Eight B2 based Half-track cars were also used for the celebrated (at the time) "Croisière noire" (Citroën central Africa expedition), crossing the continent from west to east at a wide point, via Lake Victoria, instigated by André Citroën and led by Georges-Marie Haardt and Louis Audoin-Dubreuil. [2]
Bedaux was acquainted with car manufacturer, Andre Citroën, who designed the Citroën-Kégresse equipped half-track trucks that were used on the expedition. Of the five Citroëns that the party used, two slid off of cliffs and a third was used in a shot where it was put on a raft where it was supposed to meet a stick of dynamite and explode.
It can be fitted to a conventional car or truck to turn it into a half-track, suitable for use over rough or soft ground. Conventional front wheels and steering are used, although skis may also be fitted. A snowmobile is a smaller ski-only type. "Russo-Balt" "C24-30" from the garage of Tsar Nicholas II with Kégresse track. Adolphe Kégresse ...
In December 1942, it went into production with the M2 Half Track Car and M3 Half-track versions. [14] The U.S. eventually produced more than 41,000 vehicles in over 70 versions between 1940 and 1944. After their 1940 occupation of France, the Nazis captured many of the Citroën half-track vehicles and armored them for their own use.
The track does not have real links, but consists of an internal steel band, embedded in rubber. The large sprocket is in front; behind it a central axle is located in the middle, on which rotates a section with two bogies, each holding two small road wheels, and a long double beam to the back, holding a large trailing wheel.