A real-life M3 Half-track.
The M3 Half-track was an armored personnel carrier used by the United States, British Empire and other Allies during World War II and the Cold War. Nearly 43,000 were produced and supplied to the U.S. Army and USMC, as well as British Commonwealth and Soviet Red Army forces serving on all fronts throughout the war.
Battlefield 1942
The M3 Half-track is the APC used by the Allies on most maps. Its
The M3 Half-track as it appears in Battlefield 1942.
main use is as a troop transport. It has a capacity of six players holding the driver, the gunner and four passengers. The gunner mans the mounted Browning machine gun, which helps in keeping off enemy infantry or as an anti-aircraft weapon.
The M3 constantly resupplies all crew members, and also heals the four passengers. This can turn the vehicle into an "ambulance", which can be taken along when assaulting bases to heal wounded players. Its ammo replenishing ability also gives a practically infinite supply of ammo to the machine gun.
Despite its advantages, the M3 is only lightly armored. It is immune to rifle and pistol rounds, but takes damage from machine guns and all weapons of the Assault class. It will be destroyed by two to three tank shells, one to two artillery shells or one to two Engineer ExpPacks. It is also a large target and poor maneuverability.
Its counterparts are the German Hanomag and Japanese Ho Ha. It is seen in use by the US Army, Red Army and British Army.
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
M3 from Road to Rome expansion pack
In the Battlefield expansion pack, The Road to Rome, the M3 is slightly upgraded and turns into the M3 GMC (Gun motor carriage):
- Cannon with the power of a Sherman shell.
- Machine gun in the rear to provide protection for the cannon user/driver.
- Driver has the ability to use the cannon and look in different directions unlike the basic M3 Half-track.
- Capacity reduced to three people.
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