Portal:Half-track
A Half-track is a semi-tracked vehicle designed for transporting troops, carrying light weapons (mostly as a stopgap measure), or sometimes for civilian transportation. It has wheels in the front and Continuous tracks on the back.The purpose of this combination is to produce a vehicle the cross-country capabilities of a tank and the handling of a wheeled vehicle. The first half-track for military use is the Citroen-Kégresse half-track in 1911 for the Czar of Russia. They evolved from tractors, so they progressed rapidly in the interwar period. The half-track became a widespread weapon when World War II with most countries having some form of a half-track by 1941. Half-tracks proved themselves as weapon-carriers and self-propelled artillery and even as tank destroyers during World War II. Half-tracks served in some country's militaries for many years after World War II, with some serving as late as 2010. The halftrack proved to be a reliable troop carrier across snow, sand, and forest. Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. The T48 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage was a self propelled anti-tank gun produced by the Diamond T company in 1943 by the United States. The design was a 57 mm gun M1 (US production of a British design) mounted on a M3 Half-track. A total of 962 vehicles were produced from 1943 to 1945. Of these, 652 were provided under Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union and 60 to Britain while the remainder served with US forces. It served during Operation Bagration, Operation Overlord, the invasion of southern France, the Battle of the Bulge and the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Some of them were converted back to half-tracks ... (more) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.
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