Product Name: M9A1 HALF-TRACK COPYRIGHT 2021 BY 3DClassics Thank you for purchasing this item - I hope you are happy with it! ****************************************************************** If you have any problems with it, please contact me and I shall give you an answer as quickly as possible. PLEASE, DO NOT REMOVE TEXT FROM THIS MODEL. PLEASE, DO NOT sell, resell, and distribute this model in any form / media without my permission. PLEASE, DO NOT Provide any free download of this model in any web site or electronic devices without my permission. PLEASE, DO NOT modify and sell any part of this model without my permission. The M9 half-track was a half-track produced by International Harvester in the United States during World War II for lend-lease supply to the Allies. It was designed to provide a similar vehicle to the M2 half-track car. It had the same body and chassis as the M5 half-track (also built by International Harvester for lend-lease) but had the same stowage and radio fit as the M2 half-track. The M9 served for a significant amount of time. The United States adopted half-tracks in large numbers as they could be built more quickly and cheaply by civilian vehicle producers than vehicles from the established armored vehicle manufacturers. The M2 half-track car had first been intended as an artillery tractor, but was also used for carrying the machine gun squads of armored infantry regiments and for reconnaissance units until faster and better-armed M8 Greyhound armored cars were available. In order to supply U.S. allies, much more production was required than was possible through the firms producing the M2 (and the larger M3 half-track). International Harvester (IH) could produce half-tracks, but some differences had to be accepted due to different manufacturing methods and components. This led to IH producing for lend-lease the M5 half-track and M9 as equivalents for the M3 and M2 respectively. The M9 used the same chassis and mechanical components as the M5. It was laid out to provide similar stowage, access to the radios from the inside, rear doors, and a pedestal machine gun mount as with the M2. The M9A1 variant of the M9 matched the improvements made to the M2, M3, and M5, changing to ring mount machine gun mount and three pintle machine gun mounts. As with the M5, due to the lack of face-hardened armor, homogenous armor was used. Although thicker, it gave less protection and could be penetrated by armor-piercing rifle bullets from 300 yards (270 m) rather than 200 yards (180 m). The armor also made the vehicle heavier, though the performance was essentially similar. The M9 started production in August 1942, at IH. The M9 and M9A1 were manufactured en masse and 2,026 were produced in total. According to American military historian and defense specialist Steven Zaloga, 2,026 M9s and 1,407 M9A1s were produced in 1943. The M9 was used in World War II, the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, and many other conflicts. The production of M9s was leased to other countries, like most other IH half-tracks produced in World War II. This M9A1 was leased to both the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, with the latter providing it to other countries in the British Commonwealth. A total of 3433 vehicles were produced between March 1943 and December 1944. Some were fitted with a front roller, others with a winch. Most were supplied to America's allies under the Lend lease programme. ============================================================ Compatibility/System Requirements: DAZ STUDIO 4.1 WITH IRAY AND GREATER ===================================== INSTALLATIONS INSTRUCTIONS Unzip the "M9A1 HALF-TRACK" folder in your My DAZ 3D Library folder. If you don't have such folder, create it in Users/Public/Documents/ The "M9A1 HALF-TRACK" is now located in Props/3DClassicsVEHICLES/ DIALS : Select M9A1 HALF-TRACK/Parameters/All STEERING:LEFT/RIGHT BACK_DOOR:CLOSE/OPEN LEFT_DOOR:CLOSE/OPEN RIGHT_DOOR:CLOSE/OPEN MACHINE_GUN:ROTATE_HORIZONTALLY MACHINE_GUN:ROTATE_VERTICALLY WIPERS:LEFT/RIGHT 4 TEMPLATES ARE GIVEN IN THE "M9A1 HALF-TRACK TEMPLATES" FOLDER IF YOU WANT TO MODIFY THE PAINT SCHEME AND THE MILITARY MARKINGS. IMPORTANT : WHEN MODIFYING A SHADER OR A MATERIAL, IF YOU WANT TO AVOID "STRANGE" SHADOWS YOU MUST GIVE THE PAINT MATERIALS OR SHADERS A 30° SMOOTHING ANGLE INSTEAD OF THE DEFAULT 89.90° ANGLE! M9A1 HALF-TRACK: Documentation: M9A1 HALF-TRACK ReadMe.txt License.txt data:3DClassics:M9A1 HALF-TRACK: ammunitionbox axe browning browningbracket dashboard footstepright frontbumper frontwheel_left headlightglass_left hood leftdoor MAINBODY rearbody rearwood 1 rearbodyinside reardoor rearfloor rightdoor shovel steeringwheel switches wiperengine _right wiperleft Props:3DClassicsVEHICLES: M9A1 HALF-TRACK.DUF M9A1 HALF-TRACK.duf.png Runtime:Textures:3DClassicsTextures:M9A1_HALF_TRACK_textures: DSCF0004.jpg HTammunitionbox.jpg HTaxewood.jpg HTdashboard.jpg HTfootstepbump.jpg HTfrontbumper.jpg HTheadlightglass.jpg HTHOOD.jpg HTrearbody.jpg HTREARDOOR.jpg HTrearfloorbump.jpg woodMG.jpg M9A1 HALF-TRACK TEMPLATES: Documentation: M9A1 HALF-TRACK ReadMe.txt License.txt frontbumper.jpg HOOD.jpg REARBODY.jpg BACKDOOR.jpg dashbord.jpg