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Vehículo blindado semioruga M-3A1, conocido en España como Camión Oruga Blindado (COB). Empezó a fabricarse en Estados Unidos en la primavera de 1941 en su variante M-2 (unas 13.500 unidades) y M-3 (unas 43.000 unidades), convirtiéndose en uno de los vehículos más famosos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Las primeras unidades llegaron a España en febrero de 1956, desembarcando en el puerto de Cartagena. El Ejército español recibió 258 unidades en sus variantes M-3A1 de transporte de personal (154 unidades), M4A1 equipados con un mortero (12 unidades), M16 de protección antiaérea equipados con 4 ametralladoras pesadas Browning M2TTHB (14 unidades) y M14 de transporte, armados con una ametralladora ligera (78 unidades). Todos estos vehículos fueron dados de baja en el Ejército de Tierra entre 1965 y 1974, siendo sustituidos por Transportes Oruga Acorazados (TOP) M113.

Armored Units Museum of El Goloso

Armored Halftrack vehicle M-3A1, known in Spain as Camión Oruga Blindado (Caterpillar Armored Truck, COB). It began to be manufactured in the United States in the spring of 1941 in its variant M-2 (13,500 units) and M-3 (about 43,000 units), becoming one of the most famous vehicles of the World War II. The first units arrived in Spain in February 1956, landing at the port of Cartagena. The Spanish Army received 258 units of M-3A1 variant of personnel carriers (154 units), M4A1 equipped with a mortar (12 units), M16 of antiaircraft protection equipped with 4 heavy machine guns Browning M2TTHB (14 units) and M14 of transport armed with a light machine gun (78 units). All these vehicles were retired of the Spanish Army between 1965 and 1974, being replaced by armored personal carriers M113.
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Museo de Unidades Acorazadas de El Goloso

Author Contando Estrelas from Vigo, España / Spain
Camera location40° 33′ 26.07″ N, 3° 42′ 34.33″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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