M16 MGMC – the American self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

The chassis of the M2/M3 "Halftrack" armored personnel transporter was so versatile, that a number of self-propelled artillery installations or special purpose vehicles were built on it. One of these special devices was the M16 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. An artillery turret with 4 12.7 mm “Browning” system HB M2 machine guns, manufactured by Maxon, is mounted on the M3 chassis (at the begun - M2). The tower is rotated and the barrels are moved with the help of electric motors, the current is supplied by a generator, installed in the tower. The engines rotated the turret 360 degrees, and the machine guns could be moved from -10 to +90 degrees. The rotation speed of the base was adjustable and could reach 60 degrees per second. Each machine gun fired 500-600 rounds per minute, the practical firing height was 1500-2000 meters. 2,877 units of these devices and about 1,000 more almost identical M17s were produced for the Red Army.

Sophisticated, highly detailed, with cockpit, fighting compartment, engine compartment and full exterior detail, depicting a 2nd Battery vehicle of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 1st Division of the 1st Polish Armored Division of General Mack's in British Army, painted in “Mickey Mouse” camouflage, used in 1945 spring in Germany.