US Marines M3 Halftrack Tank Destroyer being beach landed in the Pacific. The location is unknown
M3 GMC Halftrack Rolls out of LST onto Cape Gloucester 1943
5th Army Troops M3 Ambulance and M4 Tanks near Nettuno 1944
M3 Half track front White factory
Marines 75 mm GMC M3 half track in action Iwo Jima 1945
1945 GIs Danube River Ferry jeeps and antiaircraft M3 M16 MGMC
Allied Troops on M3 Halftrack Greeted by Civilians in Liberated Pioppo Sicily 1943
1st Army MP and M3 Halftracks with trailers in Ruins of Alterkirchen Germany 1945
US Troops and M16 Gun Motor Carriage named “Hitlers Hearse” in Rennes France
M3 Half track White factory chassis
3rd Division M3A1 Half track with trailer Strasskirchen Germany
US 5th Army Troops in M3 Half Track in Venfron Italy 1944
US 27th Field Artillery Troops in T12 75mm GMC M1897A4 M3
GIs in M3A1 half track attack near Wiezemburg Germany 1945
White Motor Company T12 75mm Gun Motor Carriage W409545 1942
US Troops in Action on M3 Gun Motor Carriage in Italy 1943
M3 Half track White factory chassis side profile
M16 with four M2HB machine guns at Camp Davis
German Troops By burning US M3 Halftrack Battle of the Bulge
US Army M3 Half Track with 75mm GMC
M15A1 AA in Sicily 1943
M3A1 halftrack of 3rd Infantry Division and 20th Armored Division Takes POWs Munich Germany 1945
M3 Halftrack of 2nd Free French Armored Division Colmar France 1945
M3 halftrack 1945
M16 MGMC with M45 Quadmount Remagen Ludendorff Bridge March 1945
M3A1 somewhere in Germany 1945
M3 halftrack and Jeep
M3 Half Track
Marine tank destroyer M3 GMC with 75mm gun Cape Gloucester Pacific, December 1943
camouflaged M3 halftrack
German SU-57 (T48 GMC)
German captured M3 halftrack and SdKfz 251 Ausf C
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Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen M3 401(a)
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German M3 halftrack – Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen M3 401(a)
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German M3 halftrack – Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen M3 401(a), Normandy 1944
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Rear bogie of M3
Ex-German M3 and Jeep 1945
M3 halftracks in a convoy during North African campaign
German M3 halftrack
German M3 Half-track 18
SdKfz 251 and M3 half track
German SU-57 (T48 GMC) 3
captured German M3 halftrack
German SU-57 (T48 GMC) 2
German M3 halftrack and SdKfz 263
M2 and SdKfz 251 halftrack
German M2 halftrack
M3 halftrack side view
German M3 halftracks
M3 captured by the Germans and pressed into service
German M3 halftrack rear view
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German M3 halftrack
German M3 halftrack 2
captured M3 halftrack
German M3 halftrack rear
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