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half-track [′haf ‚trak]

(mechanical engineering)

A chain-track drive system for a vehicle; consists of an endless metal belt on each side of the vehicle driven by one of two inside sprockets and running on bogie wheels; the revolving belt lays down on the ground a flexible track of cleated steel or hard-rubber plates; the front end of the vehicle is supported by a pair of wheels.

A motor vehicle equipped with half-tracks.

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No references found			We were enthralled with the military and the equipment: the tanks, the half-tracks, the horses, the guns. Patton 'bested' at the battle of Bermuda bridge by Collins, Elizabeth M. / Soldiers Magazine Good news arrived in early December for the brigade - come out of the line and move down to Belgium for a three/four week refit for the tanky boys to get new tanks and our battalion to get new carriers and half-tracks. ViewpointsA Christmas of fear, not cheer by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Varieties produced at Ford's Dagenham factory later included the Roadless half-tracks with rubber-jointed track-laying at the back. Early days of a motor giant by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			half-ripsaw half-round file half-round gutter half-round molding half-shade plate half-shaft half-shift register half-side formulas half-silvered surface half-space landing half-space stair half-span roof half-subtracter half-surface hinge half-through arch half-tide basin half-tide level half-timber house half-timbered half-timbered construction Half-Timbering half-time half-track Half-Track Motor Vehicle half-track tape recorder Half-tracks half-turn half-value layer half-value period half-value thickness half-wave half-wave amplifier half-wave antenna Half-Wave Dipole half-wave plate half-wave rectification half-wave rectifier half-wave transmission line half-wave vibrator half-wavelength Half-Way Covenant half-width half-word I/O buffer halfback Halfdan Kjerulf halfpace halfpace stair halfpenny halftone halftone characteristic halftone contact screen			half-timber Half-timber house Half-Timber Work Half-timberd half-timbered half-timbered Half-timbered construction Half-timbering Half-timbering half-time half-time half-time Half-Time Teaching Assistantship half-times half-times half-times half-title half-titles Half-tone Half-tone Half-tone Half-tone half-tones Half-tongue half-track half-track Half-Track Motor Vehicle half-track tape recorder half-tracked half-tracked Half-tracks half-truth Half-truths Half-turn Half-turn half-used Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer half-value period half-value thickness half-volley half-volleys Half-Wave Half-Wave half-wave amplifier half-wave antenna half-wave dipole Half-Wave Direct Current Half-wave plate Half-wave plate half-wave rectification half-wave rectification Half-wave rectifier Half-wave rectifier Half-wave rectifier Half-wave rectifier Half-Wave Retarder half-wave transmission line

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