The U.S. used its half-track Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV) platform as a prime mover, for troop transport, and for anti-aircraft, anti-tank, and ground support weapon systems. The strategy of using a common platform for all these applications simplified and expedited manufacturing, spare parts supply, maintenance training, and the overall supply chain. American half-tracks were another example of the ingenuity that helped the Allies win WWII with what President Roosevelt called “a crushing superiority of equipment in every theater of war.
00:00 Introduction: The Half Track
00:50 M3 standard configuration
05:38 M2 standard configuration
09:52 M4 Mortar Carrier
12:20 M5 International Harvester
17:57 M2 mystery half track
20:30 M2A1
22:38 M19 Howitzer
24:18 M15 Special
26:49 M15A1
27:58 M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
29:36 M3 75mm Tank Destroyer
30:25 M3 Command
31:40 M16A1 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
