page_title: Half-track
section_title: Support weapon platforms
hierarchical_section_title: Half-track / History / World War II half-track use / Support weapon platforms
caption_attribution_description: Information added by Wikimedia users.English: SdKfz 10/5 variant, with Flak 38 2 cm gun
context_page_description: A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels at the front for steering and continuous tracks at the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. The purpose of this combination is to produce a vehicle with the cross-country capabilities of a tank and the handling of a wheeled vehicle.
context_section_description: Half-tracks were widely used as mortar carriers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, self-propelled anti-tank guns, armored fighting vehicles and in other tasks.
caption: A German Sd.Kfz. 10/4 or 10/5 with Behelfspanzerung
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