The best known American halftracks were the M series made as a standardized design by Autocar, Diamond T, International and White. The M series had a similar front end to the White M3A1 Scout Car but used more powerful engines: a 147bhp 6.3-liter White AX in the Autocar, Diamond T, and White, and a 143bhp 1HC in the International. Each version had four-speed gearboxes with two-speed transfer boxes and drive to the front axle as well as the tracked bogie. The M series halftracks were widely used by US forces in most theatres of the war, and were also supplied under the Lend-Lease Program to Great Britain, Canada and the Soviet Union. A total of 41,170 were made.

This particular 1:50 scale halftrack was used during the D-Day invasion and comes equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun mounted atop the driver's compartment. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 5-inches
Width: 2-inches

Release Date: June 2004

Historical Account: "Swatty" - The 29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment landed in Normandy on July 24th, 1944, in the role of divisional armored reconnaissance for the Canadian 4th Armoured Division, with Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon "Swatty" Dorward de Salaberry Wotherspoon, DSO, serving as the Commanding Officer from 1943 to 1945. Formerly of the Governor General's Horse Guards, "Swatty" used a White M3 half-track as an armored command vehicle. Refitted with an armored roof (not shown on this model) and additional radios, it allowed the CO to command the regiment while at a distance from the Regimental Headquarters. Acquired in April 1943, it was still with the regiment at the end of the war. Also attached to the regiment, Major D. V. Currie who won the Victoria Cross between August 18th-20th, 1944, at St. Lambert-sur-Dives. It was the only VC awarded to a Canadian armoured regiment in WWII.