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M3 Halftrackby ~DarkWizard83

Photography / Photojournalism / Military

Next to the M4 Sherman tank or the Jeep, the M3 Halftrack is probably the most remembered Allied vehicle of World War II. Thousands were produced in by three different companies in numerous variants. The above vehicle, for example, is an M16A1 Gun Motor Carriage - a mobile anti-aircraft unit armed with four .50-cal machineguns in a quad turret - produced by White Motor Company. The most common use for the M3, however, was as an armored personnel carrier, shuttling troops across the battlefield while maintaining protection from small arms fire.

M3 Halftrack Vehicle Stats:
Type: Multi-purpose armored vehicle
Manufacturer: Autocar Company, White Motor Company, Harvester Inernational
First deployed: 1940

Crew: 3 + 10 passengers
Length: 6.18 m
Width: 2.22 m
Height: 2.26 m
Weight: 9.3 tons

Armor: 6-12mm
Armament, primary: Usually 1 x .50 cal Browning M2-HB MG
Armament, secondary: 2 x 7.62mm Browning M1919 MG
Ammo stowage, primary: 700 rounds
Ammo stowage, secondary: 7,750 rounds

Powerplant: White 160AX 147hp 6-cylinder liquid-cooled gasoline engine
Max speed: 64 km/h
Max range: 282 km

Operators: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Greece, South Africa, Soviet Union, UK, USA; (post-war) Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, South Vietnam, Turkey, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

*TomRedlion May 1, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Looks like the old US Army Ordinance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

!BlitzkregOperative Jan 20, 2008

Bit of derusting and i will look good as new

~bohoki Jun 6, 2007

i think you might have a flat

~silentnight745 Apr 23, 2006

yup thats the mount for the 4 .50cals.

its a shame what there doing to thoes vehicles. they need to be indoors away from the elements. its just sad to see them in this condition.

~Echoscout Apr 23, 2006

Where is this? It doesn't look like they're being maintained at all, and if this is a museum I'm doubtful they're taking care of their exhibit. I would expect them to be in motor-pool condition (for the time period).

*amiwakawaiidesu Apr 22, 2006

I would think 4 .50 caliber machine guns would also come in handy for blasting away at ground troops in a pinch, but with the vehicle being lightly-armored and open-topped, I wonder if that happened very often. Anyway, I remember a model of one of these was one of the first models I attempted to build (I especially recall botching the tracks), so it's also nostalgic from that point of view.

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