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The half-tracks

The M2 artillery tractor from 1940 and the longer M3 personnel carrier from 1941, on the White 160AX six of 148 hp, and the M13 and M16 gun carriages built on them.

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4VEHICLESAbout 13,500 M2; about 15,000 M3BUILT1940–1945IN PRODUCTION3CHAPTERS

White began the M2 in 1940 and Autocar was added to the programme; about 13,500 M2s and derivatives were built, two men and nine tonnes, drawn as an artillery tractor and used for reconnaissance and machine-gun squads too. The M2A1 put the improved M49 ring mount over the right front seat.

The M3 was the same idea made longer: a rear door, five more seats, a driver and twelve men, two M1919s and an M2 Browning, 17,650 lb and 18,425 in the M3A1. It was tested at Aberdeen in the summer of 1941 and accepted soon after; about 15,000 standard M3s were built and more than 53,000 vehicles on the design in all, by White, Autocar and Diamond T, with International Harvester's near-identical M5 for Lend-Lease.

3 chapters, 1948 → today

1M2 (1940–1943)1940 – 19432M3 (1941–1945)1941 – 19453Gun carriages (1942–1944)1942 – 1944
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11940 – 1943

M2 (1940–1943)

1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTER

About 13,500 M2s and derivatives.

Registry records · chapter 1

M2 half-track car (1940–43)1940–43
21941 – 1945

M3 (1941–1945)

1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTER

About 15,000 standard M3s; more than 53,000 on the design.

Registry records · chapter 2

M3 half-track (1941–45)1941–45
31942 – 1944

Gun carriages (1942–1944)

2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

1,103 M13s, then 2,700 M16s and 3,550 including conversions.

Registry records · chapter 3

M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage1942–43M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage1943–44

Base models

The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.
M3 half-track (1941–45)1941–45M2 half-track car (1940–43)1940–43

Sources

  1. M3 half-track — Wikipedia
  2. M2 half-track car — Wikipedia
  3. M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage — Wikipedia
  4. M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage — Wikipedia

Half-tracks records in the registry

4 records, oldest first.
M2 half-track car (1940–43)1940–43 · United StatesM3 half-track (1941–45)1941–45 · United StatesM13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage1942–43 · United StatesM16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage1943–44 · United States