The History of Half-tracks, by The Chieftain - WW2 Documentary Special

Is it a tank? Is it a truck? No, it’s a half-track! Nicholas Moran aka The Chieftain stops by to cover this Frankenstein of a vehicle. He looks at their origins at the turn of the twentieth century, their heyday as troop transporting, artillery towing, flak gunning, jacks-of-all-trades during the war, and their sudden decline after the war.

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Hosted by: The Chieftain    / @thechieftainshatch  
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Jake McCluskey
Written by: The Chieftain
Research by: The Chieftain
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Miki Cackowski
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Colorizations by:
Klimbim https://klimbim2014.wordpress.com/
Mikołaj Uchman

Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Lombard log haulers, courtesy of Maine Forest and Logging Museum https://www.maineforestandloggingmuse...
Snowmobile, courtesy of the Peary-Macmillan arctic Museum, Bowdoin College https://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum...
Fortepan — ID 72709
Bundesarchiv
Narodowe Archwum Cyfrowe

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Howard Harper-Barnes - London
Phoenix Tail - At the Front
Rannar Sillard - March Of The Brave 4
Hakan Eriksson - Epic Adventure Theme 3
Edward Karl Hanson - Spellbound
Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning
Johannes Bornlof - Death And Glory 3
Max Anson - Potential Redemption
Fabien Tell - Last Point of Safe Return
Fabien Tell - Weapon of Choice
Howard Harper-Barnes - Underlying Truth

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.