Chart of Military Halftracks

In this chart of military halftracks, click on the photo link to go to the page of photos and information for the specific vehicle. See also APCs and Self-Propelled Artillery.

Vehicle	Description	Photo Link
M-2	M-2 Halftrack
M-3	M-3 Halftrack
M-3	M-3 Halftrack Ambulance	See Military Ambulances
M-4A1	M-4A1 Halftrack Mortar Carrier Photo: Courtesy of John Buckley
M-16	M-16 Halftrack Multiple Gun Carriage
Std. Kfz. 7	Std. Kfz. 7 Semi-Track (German) Made in family of vehicles Std. Kfz. 6,7,8, or 9 (KM m 10 or m 11)
Std. Kfz. 10	Demag D7, Std. Kfz. 10 Semi-Track, light 1 ton. (German)

Halftracks

Halftrack vehicles, with a conventional wheeled front axle and a track assembly under the rear section of the vehicle, were produced in large numbers during World War II. The typical design was armored but with an open top. Halftracks were a good compromise between the greater security and mobility of tracked armored vehicles and the lighter weight of soft-skin wheeled trucks, but they were ultimately found to be too vulnerable to air attacks and artillery. Although existing inventories of halftracks were still used by the U.S. military in Korea and even Vietnam, the fully tracked and enclosed Armored Personnel Carrier completely replaced the halftrack.

A halftrack moves through a simulated battle during training, Mitchel Field, Long Island, NY, 1943.

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