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What Was The M3 Half-Track And What Did It Do In WWII?

The outbreak of World War II made it clear to the U.S. that mechanized warfare was here to stay. Though the U.S. was not yet at war in 1939, it had to assess its military needs in case it got involved ...
Motor Trend

This Old Half-Track Volkswagen Bus Looks Like a Tank, Was Actually for Skiers

The 2023 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is still young, but one of the early stars of the Florida classic car show far has been this fabulous '60s Volkswagen Type 2 Bus, which was converted into an ...
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One-Off Volkswagen Type 2 With Tank Tracks Is Up and Running Again

When Austrian mechanic Lutz Kretzner converted the Type 2 Microbus into a four-axle tracked vehicle, he created the most off-road-capable T1 ever. He called it “Half-track Fox,” supposedly inspired by ...
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VW Restores The “Half-Track Fox”, A Four-Axle T1 Microbus With Tank Tracks

The year was 1962 and Kurt Ketzner, an ingenious Viennese Volkswagen mechanic, decided that there was no vehicle designed to suit his country’s particular, mountainous terrain. He endeavored, ...
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Stories about: half-track

18 Jan 2025, 20:24 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub // The Citroën Kégresse Half-Track was developed to offer the handling of a wheeled vehicle and the cross-country capabilities of a tank 1943 White M2 ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Collectors build into WW II re-enactments with tanks and half-tracks

ROCHELLE, Ill. (AP) -- There's a large storage shed behind Chuck Roberts' home that looks like any other shed on the prairies of north-central Illinois. But slide open the door, and you'll find a bit ...
The Drive

Volkswagen Restores Rare Half-track Bus Built for Alpine Duty

Volkswagen has just completed the restoration of a highly unique T1 bus the likes of which you’ve never seen before. The rare half-track vehicle was built in the 1960s, and had languished in obscurity ...