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| Wright Museum - M16 Multiple Gun Carriage White Halftrack
Bill Maloney 11/20/2009 |
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M2 and M3 White Halftracks at other Military Museums in the northeast |
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| Another M3 Halftrack can be found at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. That example has been nicely restored. | A White M2 Halftrack at the Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, CT |
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| An M3 Halftrack at the American Armored Foundation Museum in Danville, VA | Another M3 Halftrack can be found at the US Army Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen, MD |
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| White M3 Halftrack at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY | An M2 Halftrack at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, NH |
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| M3A1 Halftrack at the Maginot Line Museum in Veckring, France | M3 Halftrack at the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburgh, PA |
Length: 20 feet 3 inches
Width: 7 feet, 3 inches
Height: 7 feet, 5 inches
Crew: 5 - Commander, driver, gunner & two loaders
Weight: 19,800lbs
Max Speed: 40mph
Range: 175 miles
Armor: .25 inch
Powerplant: White 160AX inline 6cyl water cooled gas engine 147hp
Fuel Capacity: 60 gallons
Armament:
Four 50cal Browning M2Machine Guns in a powered Maxon M45 Quadmount gun turret in the rear bed
Entered Service: 1941
Unit Cost: $35,000
The M16 Multiple Gun Carriage Halftrack is essentially the same as the M3 Halftrack except for the addition of the four 50 caliber Browning M2 machine guns in the powered turret. The M16 and M3 halftracks differ from the M2 in that the rear body overhangs the rear of the idler wheel and tracks by about 10". On the M2 the back of the body is in line with the rear of the idler wheel.
Here is a Youtube video of an M16 Halftrack doing a fast driveby. Another M16 halftrack video with a better look at the powered turret in action and a video of an M16 Multiple Gun Carriage in Stowe, VT and a video of a walkaroud of the M16 Halftrack
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