The M3 half-track is an American armored vehicle that combined a conventional steered front wheel axle with a rear set of continuous tracks, developed in 1940 and 1941 to give infantry, weapons crews and headquarters units a vehicle that could keep pace with tanks across rough terrain while offering better mobility than a purely wheeled truck and lower cost and complexity than a fully tracked armored vehicle. The United States and its allies built tens of thousands of M3 half-tracks and its variants during the Second World War, using the basic chassis as an armored personnel carrier, an ambulance, a command vehicle and a mobile weapons platform mounting machine guns, anti-aircraft guns or light artillery pieces. Its combination of reasonable off-road mobility, ease of mass production and light armor protection against small arms and shell fragments made the half-track one of the most widely produced and versatile American armored vehicle families of the war, serving in every major theater in which American ground forces fought.
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Service Status Weapon ClassHalf-track armored personnel carrier 1 Introduced Year Weapon Class
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Was the M3 half-track used after the Second World War?
Yes. It served in Cold War conflicts on several continents until as late as the mid-1990s.
Yes. In the Cold War era the vehicle was used by a variety of state and non-state operators in conflicts in South America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and it remained in service until as late as the mid-1990s.
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The M3 half-track is an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War.
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1941-1945
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The M3 half-track is an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War
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In the Cold War era, the vehicle was used by a variety of state and non-state operators in conflicts in South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, remaining in service until as late as the mid-1990s.
Associated With: United States Army, Service history section
During World War II, the M3 and its variants were supplied to the U.S. Army and Marines, as well as British Commonwealth and Soviet Red Army forces, serving on all major fronts throughout the war.
Used In: World War II, Article text
American Tanks of World War II.
Used In: Chinese Civil War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
Used In: Korean War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
Used In: First Indochina War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
Used In: Vietnam War, Article text
Armor of the Vietnam War (2) Asian Forces.
Used In: Laotian Civil War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
Used In: Cambodian Civil War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
Used In: Six-Day War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
Used In: Yom Kippur War, Infobox: wars
World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
Operated By: United States Army, Wikipedia article text
Used by the US Army.
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