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The M2 High-Speed Tractor (or colloquially M2 Cletrac) was an aircraft tug used by the United States Army Air Forces from 1942.
The M2 is a fully tracked vehicle designed to tow aircraft on primitive airfields. It was equipped with a winch with of cable, an auxiliary generator (3kW at 110 volts DC), and an air compressor (3 stage, 16.7 CFPM, 2.000
Cletrac M-2 High Speed Tractor (HST) – Olive-Drab
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History
The M2 was standardized in February 1941 as Medium Tractor M2.Surviving artifacts
Surviving examples are at theEstrella Warbird Museum
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, the Wright Museum, the AAF Museum in Danville, VA, Overloon
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, the Pima Air & Space Museum, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
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, the Yanks Air Museum, Chino CA, the March Field Air Museum in Riverside CA, The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Bright's Pioneer Museum, Plainsburg CA, two at the Danville Armour Museum, Danville, VA, and one privately held in Belton, SC, USA. Abroad, one can be found, in perfect condition, at the American Air Museum, in Duxford (UK).
See also
*List of U.S. military vehicles by supply catalog designation
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* List of U.S. military vehicles by model number
The following is a (partial) listing of vehicle model numbers or M-numbers assigned by the United States Army. Some of these designations are also used by other agencies, services, and nationalities, although these various end users usually assig ...
* M4 Tractor
The M4 High-Speed Tractor for World War II was an artillery tractor used by the US Army from 1943.
Design and development
The M4 High Speed Tractor used M4 Sherman tracks, roadwheels and drive sprocket.
One variant was designed to tow the 90 mm ...
* MB-2 Tow Tractor
*Omni Directional Vehicle
The Omni Directional Vehicle (ODV) is a ground support utility vehicle manufactured by Hammonds Technical Services Inc. in Houston, Texas. The ODV can perform a variety of jobs, including towing aircraft and plowing snow. The largest variant, th ...
*U-30 Tow Tractor
The U-30 Tow Tractor is an aircraft towing vehicle used by the United States and Allied Air Force. There are several models of the U-30 tractor, with weight characteristics between .
The first generation was designed and delivered in 1968 to t ...
References
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Cletrac M-2 High Speed Tractor (HST) – Olive-Drab
{{WWII US Soft Vehicles Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944 Military vehicles of the United States World War II vehicles of the United States Aircraft ground handling Tractors Aviation ground support equipment