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£51,750 (Est: £55,000 - £65,000)

1942 White M16 Half-Track Multiple Gun Motor Carriage

United Kingdom • 3 Dec 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1942 White M16 Half-Track, a rare example with a Maxson M45 Quadmount, has undergone a comprehensive restoration and recent improvements, including an engine overhaul and brake work. With a history including long-term ownership and recent refurbishment, it's ready for events and comes with spares and documentation.

Condition

8

The car presents excellently and ran and drove very well during the photography session. It has been subjected to a comprehensive restoration in the previous ownership and benefitted from significant improvements during the current ownership.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

294417

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

OSU 898

RHD/LHD:

LHD

It was a Frenchman, Adolphe Kégresse, who gave rise to the U.S.

Army half-tracks of the Second World War.

Kégresse went to work in Russia, where in 1905 he was placed in charge of the imperial garage of Czar Nicholas II.

The Czar was frustrated by his cars’ inability to cope with the harsh Russian winters, leading the young Adolphe to develop the Kégresse tracked system to allow them to traverse heavy snow.

Returning to France to escape Russia’s impending revolution, Kégresse went to work for Citroën, and in 1925 his Citroën-Kégresses became famous for completing the first successful north-south motor crossing of the African continent, from Colomb-Béchar to Cape Town.

After Citroën went bankrupt in 1934, Kégresse commenced work with American clients, and so the U.S.

Army half-tracks came into being.

Quite a bewildering array of M-series and T-series half-tracks were produced for the U.S.

Army in the 1940s, with orders being fulfilled by the biggest truck-makers such as White, D...