105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19.
This vehicle has not been fitted with a howitzer shield, and still retains the large, fender-mounted headlights. The armored windshield cover is folded down, allowing the lack of the upper windshield support beam and glass windshield to be seen. Since this vehicle is based on the half-track personnel carrier M3, the fenders are thick in cross-section. (Picture from TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles.)
The deletion of the upper windshield support beam can be better seen from this angle. (Picture from TM 9-710 Basic Half-Track Vehicles (White, Autocar, and Diamond T).)
This view view shows the rearward placement of the half-track's fuel tanks. Details of the howitzer mount can be seen, along with the .50cal pedestal mount in the rear of the vehicle. The right-angled corners of the fighting compartment are also obvious. (Picture from TM 9-710 Basic Half-Track Vehicles (White, Autocar, and Diamond T).)
The howitzer shield is present on this machine, and the upper portion on each side is folded down to decrease the vehicle's height. The fender-mounted headlights are present, and intake and exhaust extensions have been installed to permit deep wading. These half-tracks were part of the 9th Field Artillery and were photographed at the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. (Picture taken 20 Oct 1942; available from the National Archives.)
The howitzer mount T2 was standardized as the mount M3 and is pictured here. (Picture from TM 9-1325 105-mm Howitzers M2 and M2A1; Carriages M2A1 and M2A1; and Combat Vehicle Mounts M3 and M4.)
Crew positions are show here mounted (left) and ready for action (right). (Picture from FM 17-63 Service of the Piece, 105-mm Howitzer, Self-Propelled.)
