World War Two

Season 0, Episode 499

Episode Title: The History of Half-tracks, by the Chieftain

Air Date: 2024-05-02

Overview:

Is it a tank? Is it a truck? No, it’s a half-track! Nicholas Moran aka The Chieftain stops by to cover this Frankenstein of a vehicle. He looks at their origins at the turn of the twentieth century, their heyday as troop transporting, artillery towing, flak gunning, jacks-of-all-trades during the war, and their sudden decline after the war.