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Published: 2011-08-27 07:21:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 597; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 41
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Here, we have an M3 Halftrack at the PA Military Museum. Very much a workhorse of the US Army and also the British in WW2.After the war, many were sold as surplus, I know of one that was used as a farm vehicle post war in the Warrendale, PA area. I saw it derelict at that farm into the early-mid-80's and Dad told me he'd seen it running frequently as a young man.
Many were also sold to Israel as "scrap" and used for several decades after WW2 for various purposes until enough M113s were available.
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Always found this kind of vehicle pretty cool-looking... hey, they got wheels *and* tracks!
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IIRC, this is a French development- maybe Citroen that the US and Germans in particular picked up on.
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Aaah, the old M3, if I had a quid for every time I've seen one in a WWII wargame, I'd be a rich man. Good, solid vehicles, they did their job well.
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I wonder if any countries even use halftracks anymore.
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Possible some developing countries may have some in ancillary roles, but I'm frankly unsure.
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Gotta love surplus. I find it fascinating to see the creativity inexpensive hardware makes people show. Sadly, almost everything today is purpose-built. Really takes the ingenuity out of our generations.
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