Halftracks as APC (M5 and M9 models) were used only*
in the 10th Dragoon Regiment of the 1st Armoured *
Division, fighting in Western Europe in 1944-1945.*
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In the 2nd Armoured Brigade in Italy they were used*
in reconnaissance regiments only.*
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Apart from mechanized infantry and scouts,*
on both theatres halftracks were used by engineers,*
as command and signals vehicles and prime movers*
for 17pdr AT guns. *  
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_____________[description by PIBWL]*