Canadian Lend Lease Half tracks

[David Dunlop]

I have just spent the better part of the evening browsing US Government Lend Lease Production documentation and under a section for Carriers, Personnel, Half Track, discovered that Canada took direct possession of 40 M3 (White Series) Half Tracks and 20 M5 (IHC) Half Tracks during the war.

The document also noted that the figures provided did not include in theatre transfers, which were quite common throughout the war.

So it seems that Canada was not an exclusive user of the IHC pattern Half Tracks after all. Total British Empire Half Track acquisition was approximately 5:1 in favour of the IHC product, but even that ratio begs the question of why more wartime photos of White pattern half tracks in Canadian service haven't been found.