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German SdKfz 251 half-track armoured personnel carrier in Russia during World War II, 1942.

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U.S. soldiers training in M3 half-tracks, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942.

U.S. soldiers training in M3 half-tracks, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942.

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