4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1943–44
NAMED MODELUnited States

M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage.

Four .50-calibre M2 Brownings in an M45 Quadmount on an M3 half-track chassis: 2,700 built by White between May 1943 and March 1944, with 568 M13s and 109 T10s converted, 3,550 in all.

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Sources & evidence
M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage — An M16 with its M45 Quadmount.Thomas Vogt from Paderborn, Deutschland · CC BY 2.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEM3 half-track (1941–45)BUILT BYWhite Motor Company, ClevelandIN SERVICE1943–44OPERATED INUnited StatesPRODUCTION2,700 builtLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

It replaced the M13 in early 1944 and is the half-track most often remembered, as much for ground fire as for anti-aircraft work.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1943–44
ENGINEWhite 160AX six-cylinder petrol, 148 hpWhite 160AX
PRODUCTION RUN2,700 built; 3,550 including conversions
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
OPERATED INUnited States
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEHalf-tracks
FAMILYHalf-tracks
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEapc

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Olive Drab

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched