M5 high-speed tractor

M5 high-speed tractor
An M5 high-speed tractor in the Korean War
General properties
crew	1 + 10
length	5.03 m
width	2.54 m
height	2.69 m
Dimensions	13,791 tons (combat weight)
Armor and armament
Armor	no armor
Main armament	1 × 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun
Secondary armament	no
agility
drive	Continental R6572 6-cylinder gasoline engine 210 PS (156 kW)
suspension	vertical coil suspension M3 Stuart chassis
Top speed	48 km / h (road)
Power / weight	15 hp / t
Range	290 km (road)

The M5 Tractor was an American fully tracked artillery tractor of the manufacturer International Harvester from the 1940s, which until the 1960s, even in the army as a whole chain artillery tractor M5A4 was used. The vehicle was designed for pulling artillery pieces and field howitzers.

literature

• Karl Anweiler, Rainer Blank: The wheeled and tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr from 1956 to the present day. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-8289-5331-X .
• Philip Trewhitt: Armored Fighting Vehicles. Dempsey-Parr, Bristol 1999, ISBN 1-84084-328-4 .

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