Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
The concept of a half-track vehicle had been evaluated by the US Army Ordnance Department using Citroën-Kégresse vehicles.
The Cavalry branch of the US Army found that their wheeled armoured scout cars had trouble in wet terrain due to their high ground pressure.
In 1938, the White Motor Company took the Timken rear bogie assembly from a T9 half-track truck and an In 1943, a machine gun ring mount replaced the machine-gun skate rail (on the M2) and post mount (on the M3) at which point the half-tracks were redesignated as M2A1 and M3A1. In December 1942, International Harvester Co. started producing half-tracks of a modified design.
The concept of a half-track vehicle had been evaluated by the US Army Ordnance Department using Citroën-Kégresse vehicles.
The Cavalry branch of the US Army found that their wheeled armoured scout cars had trouble in wet terrain due to their high ground pressure.
In 1938, the White Motor Company took the Timken rear bogie assembly from a T9 half-track truck and an In 1943, a machine gun ring mount replaced the machine-gun skate rail (on the M2) and post mount (on the M3) at which point the half-tracks were redesignated as M2A1 and M3A1. In December 1942, International Harvester Co. started producing half-tracks of a modified design.
