Allied Halftrack

[James Tainton]

Here are some pictures of a half-track that I took at an air show in Abbotsford, summer before last. I have purposely not named the type as I don't know off hand and I have to go out, so no time to look it up. It maybe a WWII version or later? Or a Canadian version. I don't know, I did not however want to take the risk of saying it was an M14 or a M2 or whatever in case I was wrong and then get the sh!t kicked outta me by the nomenclature police
Anyways- if anyone can shed some light on this vehicle, great! Otherwise I hope they may be of use to someone.
P.S. If you need a larger version let me know via e-mail.


Allied Halftrack (https://panzerfaust.sslpowered.com/Planet%20armor%20pictures/Allied_Halftrack/index.htm#3)

[tamigawa]

thanks for the pics James. I'm not sure what type it is either.

[T26E4]

James: It's some restorers' Frankenstein halftrack. It has several non-standard features: 1) MG ring: that's the ring of the type that was mounted to softskin vehicles like GMC trucks or Dodge Weapon Carriers. The vehicle resembles an M3 but its MG pulpit was armored.

2) the foreshortened side and rear walls were only used on M16 MGMC, anti aircraft halftrack bodies. This leads me to believe that the restorer got one of these, minus the M55 quad .50 and added the MG ring above the cab. Also the rear door is probably something the owner added. The M16 had no rear door. Look at the non standard lock and hinges on the door too.

HTH, Roy

[James Tainton]

Thanks for the insight Roy.:)