half-track armoured personnel carrier
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710257-001
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Autocar Company
- Date Made 1943
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - United States of America
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Land transportation, motorized
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943
- Latest 1943
- Brand Name / Model M15A1 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage (Later M16A1)
- Inscription (on front bumper) 15 40150517
- Service Component United States Army
- Measurements Height 226.0 cm, Length 618.0 cm, Width 222.0 cm
- Caption Armoured Half-Track, M3A1
- Additional Information "The Chinese fought extremely well at night. They lived in the dark. We lived in the light….Luckily we had these half-tracks with a .50 calibre and a .30 calibre machine gun. When they fired it was four balls and then a tracer (to light the direction of the gunfire). Suddenly these grey shapes came out of the dark. And all these machine guns opened up…" Lieutenant Colonel Jim Stone.