Halftracks continue in widespread use after WWII

[Melvin Loh]

so, how could this be the case ?

[Torqumada]

Isn't the APC just an evolution of the halftrack, like the tank was an evolution of the armored car?

Torqumada

[Landshark]

IIRC pound for pound half tracks cost more than fully tracked vehicles.

[Matt]

Didn't the Israelis continue using half tracks until recently?

[Dave Howery]

Originally Posted by Matt

Didn't the Israelis continue using half tracks until recently?

yes... the US gave them loads of them. At first, the Israelis used them for transport, like they were made to be, but after they started getting modern APCs, they used the old halftracks to mount various weapons on them... heavy mortars, AA guns, and other oddities. Halftracks were used clear through the Yom Kippur war, but I don't think the Israelis use them anymore...

[Landshark]

Originally Posted by Matt

Didn't the Israelis continue using half tracks until recently?

They were WW2 surplus though. The IDF was using them because they never throw anything away.

[Thande]

Originally Posted by Dave Howery

yes... the US gave them loads of them. At first, the Israelis used them for transport, like they were made to be, but after they started getting modern APCs, they used the old halftracks to mount various weapons on them... heavy mortars, AA guns, and other oddities. Halftracks were used clear through the Yom Kippur war, but I don't think the Israelis use them anymore...

Like a kind of more military version of a technical?

[Dave Howery]

Originally Posted by Thande

Like a kind of more military version of a technical?

yeah, except they didn't go charging into combat... more support type weaponry... mortars to pound the enemy from the back lines, AA to protect supply dumps, etc...

[aktarian]

Originally Posted by Landshark

IIRC pound for pound half tracks cost more than fully tracked vehicles.

Plus in addition to advantages of both you get disadvantages of both as well.