M2/M3 Half-Track References

M2/M3 Half-Track
References

Available references for the U.S. M2/M3 Half-Track
listed in no particular order,
some titles may be out of print or hard to find.
There are additional magazine articles about covering different types.

	Half-Track A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles R.P Hunnicutt ISBN 0-89141-742-7 Detailed technical coverage of all half-track versions including many experimental and pilot vehicles. Like the Sherman book, this is a must for reference on the U.S. Half-Track series, included 1:48 plans on most types.
	U.S. WWII Half-track Cars M2, M2A1, M9A1 & Personnel Carriers M3, M3A1, M5, M5A1 Tankograd Technical Manual Series No.6009
	U.S. WWII Half-track Mortar Carriers, Howitzers, Motor Carriages & Gun Motor Carriages Tankograd Technical Manual Series No.6010
	U.S. Half-Tracks Their Design and Development David R.Haugh Darlington Productions ISBN 1-8992848-02-3 Excellent book of the development and service life of the Halt-Track with many detailed photos and covers most types in service.
	U.S. Half-Tracks ib Combat 1941-1945 by Steven J. Zaloga Concord Armor at War Series 7031 ISBN 0-9708407-8-0 Concord Publications Soft cover, 72 pages. Excellent photo coverage on the Half Track in action during WWII.
	Boresight US Halftrack Special AMPS Journal Vol.15, No.5 Sept/Oct 2007 AMPS
	M3 Infantry Half-Track 1940-73 Steven J. Zaloga, Peter Sarson Osprey New Vanguard 11 ISBN 1-85532-467-9 Another good overall coverage of the subject although the smaller format doesn't allow the detailed coverage of the Hunnicutt or Darlington Productions books
	US Half-Tracks M2 - M3 - M5 - M9 Military Vehicles in Detail 3 by Terry J Gander. Published by Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0 7110 03047 3 Soft covers, 96 pages.
	M3 Half-Track in action Armor in action #2034 Jim Mesco Squadron Signal Publications ISBN 0-89747-363-9 Typical Squadron Signal photo coverage with captions of the M2/M3 half-track despite the title of M3 Half-track
	Walk Around M2/M3 Half-Track Armor Walk Around #5704 Squadron Signal Publications ISBN 0-89747-363-9 Top notch Walk Around photos of the M2/M3 with plenty of detail for the modeller.
	Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M16 Kagero Topshots 37 ISBN 978-83-60445-52-5 Extensive close-up walkarounds of the M16 MGMC
	WWII US War Department Technical Manual CD-ROM TM9-710 Basic Half Track Vehicle (White, Autocar, Diamond T) Easy 1 Productions #T017
	Toadman's M2A1 Half Track Photo Detail CD toadmanstankpictures.com Detailed photo walk around on the M2A1 Half Track
	Blue Steel 2 M3 Halftracks in South Lebanon by Moustafa El-Assad 74 pages soft cover
	The Half-Track in Canadian Service by Bill Inglee. Published Service Publications, Canada
	Wydawnictwo Militaria 25 Half-Track, Volume1 Wydawnictwo Good overall photo coverage with additonal text and captions in both Polish and English
	Lend Lease Vol II Wydawnictwo Militaria 135 Wydawnictwo Includes 12 pages of wartime images and text on Russian Lend Lease M2/M17 Half-Tracks
	American Half-Tracks Modelist Konstruktor publications 5'04 A very good coverage of the M3 Scout Car and M2/M3 Half-Track series from the development to service. The text is entirely in Russian but there are 4 view 1:35 plans of the M3 Scout Car, M2 and M3 H/Ts plus other variants (M3 75mm GMC, M16) plus wartime photos of both U.S. and Russian half-tracks.
	Ground Power Magazine #148 - 9/2006 Published by GALILEO Publishing Co.,Ltd. 2-2-13 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Ground Power Website Part 1 on the M2/M3 Half-Track series with detailed images, line drawings and 1:35 plans. All text in Japanese
	Ground Power Magazine #149 - 10/2006 Published by GALILEO Publishing Co.,Ltd. 2-2-13 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Ground Power Website Part 2 on the M2/M3 Half-Track series with detailed images, line drawings and 1:35 plans. All text in Japanese
	Ground Power Magazine #150 - 11/2006 Published by GALILEO Publishing Co.,Ltd. 2-2-13 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Ground Power Website Part 3 on the M2/M3 Half-Track series with detailed images, line drawings and 1:35 plans. Deal with anti-aircraft types All text in Japanese
	US Halftracks of WWII Tanks Illustrated No.15 Steven J. Zaloga ISBN: 0-85368-697-1 Mostly images with photo captions and may be hard to find but many of the images are included in the Concord Half-Track book #7031