Halbkettenfahrzeug M5 Half-Track

M5A1 Half-Track und infantry of the 1st Motor Battalion, Grenadier Guards

A British M5A1 Half-Track armoured personnel carrier with ring mount, converted from a Lend-Lease M14 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage manufactured by IHC International Harvester Co. of Chicago, Illinois. 1600 M14 Half-Tracks were supplied to the British who removed the Quad .50 anti-aircraft gun und converted these vehicles to the M5 or M5A1 Half-Track personnel carrier, command vehicle, or truck configuration. The Soviet Army used M5 und outwardly similar M9A1 Half-Tracks almost exclusively as HQ vehicles of armoured formations. M5A1 Half-Tracks later served in the Israel Defence Force und the ALS Lebanese Militia. The Fahrzeug shown above belongs to the 1st Motor Battalion, Grenadier Guards, of the 5th Guards Armoured Brigade. The US and French army used similar M3 Half-Track Personnel Carriers.

Bekannte Modelle

M5 Halftrack stowage set, 1:35 Verlinden 1856
M5A1 Half-Track, 1:76 Airfix 02318
M5A1 Half-Track, 1:76 Fujimi 76069
M5A1 Half-Track, 1:76 Hinchliffe 20/171
M16 Half-Track Conversion, 1:76 Matchbox 40078
M5A1 Half-Track, 1:285 GHQ UK33
M5A1 Half-Track, 1:300 Heroics & Ros ISM06

Technische Daten

M5A1 Half-Track with ring mount (with or without winch)
Motor: International Harvester Co. IHC 6-cylinder, 107 KW
Getriebe: 4 forward, 1 reverse (two gear ratios)
Radstand: 3444 mm
Länge: 6151 mm
Breite: 2212 mm
Höhe: 2313 mm
Gewicht: 7000 kg
Bewaffnung: MG auf Drehringlafette
Besatzung: 13

Bibliographie

Half-Track: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles R. P. Hunnicutt

Historische Verwendung

British Army, 1943–1945
Canadian Army, 1943–1945
Soviet Army, 1943–1945
Israel Defence Force, 1948 –
Armée du Liban-Sud (ALS), 1982 - 1984

Filme

A Bridge Too Far, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Ryan O’Neal, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann, Denholm Elliott und many others. M5 Half-Track personnel carriers of the 1st (Motor) Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade can be seen in several scenes showing the advance of the 30th Corps towards Arnhem.

Interessante Umbauten

M5 Half-Track
M5A1 Half-Track with ring mount
M14 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage with Quad .50 AA

M5 und M5A1 Half-Tracks produced by International Harvester Co. of Chicago, Illinois, were supplied to Britain, Canada, the Soviet Union und other allied nations under Lend-Lease.

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Figuren und Fahrzeuge der britischen Armee im 2. Weltkrieg