Halftrack M3 year of manufacture

[wof1940]

hello!
my White Halftrack M3A2 has the number (Frame)M3-27493, I seek the Year.

thanks einar

[Tapper02]

Holy cr@p!  That's got to be rare!  I didn't think we lend-leased to the Chinese, but that's what it looks like.

[WayOffTrack]

WOW! That is cool. I think it was made in 1942.

[steve-0]

thanks for posting.
i have never seen a data plate like that.

[steve-0]

i started thinking that i have never seen and m3a2 half-track so i googled it.

T29/M3A2 – Developed in 1943 to combine features such that existing M2 and M3 production could be switched to a common vehicle. Came at a time where the need for additional half tracks turned out to be not as great as projected. The M3A2 was, therefore, not produced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Half-track

you may have a very rare halftrack

[woodwalker]

We gave several thousands of tonns of equipment to the Chinese who held most of it back for there own civil war.
 

[WayOffTrack]

A couple of the halftracks books have mentioned that some M3A1's were rebuilt into what is basically an M3A2 configuration post war. I notice there is a second serial number on the data tag that shows a different M3 serial number that what you mentioned was on the frame. Both look like Autocar serial numbers. I wonder if 35 2 1 is a date? If that writing is Japanese I think that corresponds to Feb. 1 1960.