M9A1 HalfTrack - WalkAround

M9A1
Land	Usa
Type	Halftrack
Onderwerp	Album van 47 foto's walk-around van een M9A1

Fotogalerij van een M9A1 HalfTrack, De M9A1 het gevolg was van het feit dat White en Autocar geen gelijke tred konden houden met de vraag naar half-track auto's, en was analoog aan de M2 half-track. M9A1's verschilden echter in verschillende opzichten van de M2A1. M9A1's misten de munitiecompartimenten aan de zijkant, hadden achterdeuren, de spatborden op de M9A1's waren plat in doorsnede, en in tegenstelling tot de M2A1 was de carrosserie van de M9A1 even lang als die van de M5, zijn tegenhanger van de personeelsdrager. De M9A1 heeft ook nooit de grote spatbordkoplampen gehad. International Harvester gebruikte gewalste homogene stalen bepantsering op hun voertuigen, waardoor platen aan elkaar konden worden gelast, waardoor de half-tracks van IHC een gladder uiterlijk kregen dan de vastgeschroefde half-tracks.

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De M9A1 Half-Track Car was a variant of the M5 Half-Track produced by International Harvester (IHC) primarily for Lend-Lease to Allied nations during World War II, complementing the M2 and M3 Half-Tracks built by other manufacturers for US Army service. It served mainly as an armored personnel carrier and scout car.

Key Specifications and Features (M9A1)

Characteristic	Detail
Role	Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) / Scout Car
Fabrikant	International Harvester (IHC)
Crew / Capacity	3 Crew + 10 Troops
Weight (Combat)	Approx. 9.6 tonnes (21,200 lbs)
Engine / Speed	IHC RED-450-B 6-cyl gasoline engine (141 hp) / Max. 42 mph (68 km/h)
Harnas	Rolled Homogeneous Steel (approx. 8–16 mm)
Main Armament	1 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) M2HB machine gun on an M49 Ring Mount
Secondary Armament	1 or 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) M1919A4 machine guns on pintle mounts

Design & Operational Context

The M9A1 was developed as an export version analogous to the US Army’s M2A1 Half-Track Car, but was based on the longer M5 chassis (similar length to the M3 APC). The key difference between the M9A1 and its M2/M2A1 counterparts were:

It featured rear access doors for the troop compartment, unlike the standard M2.
It used a different type of armor (Rolled Homogeneous Steel) which, though thicker, offered slightly less ballistic protection than the face-hardened armor on the M2/M3. This IHC armor gave it distinguishing rounded rear corners.
It was fitted with the **M49 machine gun ring mount** over the co-driver’s seat, allowing a .50 cal machine gun 360-degree traverse, which was the key update over the base M9 model.

The M9A1 was widely supplied to Allies, particularly the French and British forces, who valued the vehicle for its role in transporting infantry squads, providing fire support, and acting as a motorized artillery prime mover during the Western Front and beyond. It was a rugged and reliable, though lightly armored, part of the Allied armored transport fleet.