U.S Half-Tracks Part Two - The development and deployment of all the U.S. Army's Half Track

Summary :

Discover the development, production and deployment of all Half-Track variants. The 448 pages of this volume, illustrated with 700 period photographs, describe in detail all the models: mortar carriers, howitzers, etc., ranging from the M4 Mortar Carrier to the lesser-known T68 — 40mm Bofors — to the famous M16 antiaircraft vehicle, armed with four .50 caliber machine guns and remaining in the American arsenal until the late 1950s. Drawing heavily on obscure manufacturer documents and long-forgotten government records, this volume, when combined with Part 1, published in 2015, constitutes the only complete study of these vehicles.

Explore the development, production and deployment of America's heavily armed half-track variants.

Illustrated with 700 period photos and described in detail in the 448 hard-bound pages of this volume are the myriad of half-track based mortar, howitzer and gun motor carriages ranging from the ubiquitous but uncelebrated M4 Mortar Carrier to the obscure twin-40mm Bofors-armed T68 to the acclaimed M16 antiaircraft vehicle, which armed with four .50 caliber machine guns remained in the US arsenal until the late 1950s.

Drawing heavily on obscure manufacturer documents and long-forgotten government records, this volume, when combined with Part 1, published in 2015, is the only complete study of these vehicles.

Table of Contents :

Chap 1 : 81 mm Mortar Carriers

Chap 2 : Gun Motor Carriages

Chap 3 : Howitzer Motor Carriages

Chap 4 : Multiple Gun Motor Carriages

Chap 5 : Field Modifications

Chap 6 : Field Use 1940-1945

Chap 7 : Field Use Post - WWII

Chap 8 : 3/4 Tracks

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