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U.S. Halftrack M3A1 
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"G.I.s rode in M-3s all the way through Italy, France, Belgium and into Germany.  They weren't really what you might call armored, but the sides would stop a rifle bullet and shell splinters.  Nobody got into a half-track for protection. It was a ride, and a darn good one at that."

PFC Joe Morelli, 16th Infantry, 1st Division.
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"Where did they all come from?  We could not understand how the Amerikaners could produce such vehicles in such vast quantities.  Our offiziers would say, 'our Hanomags are better, because we build them good in Germany,' but what good is it to have a hundred better vehicles if the enemy has a thousand that are maybe not so good?"

Gefreiter Ernst Bauer, Grenadier Regiment 959.
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