Picture of the Day – 18.2.2017

Irish M3 SS11

This is an American M3 Halftrack in Irish service, converted to a tank destroyer by carrying French SS.11 missiles. SS.11 – as its archaic shape suggests – was a first generation ATGM. It was really massive and unwieldy, but it was very effective. It was mostly used in combat by Israel – but it was also widely exported any many western countries operated it at one point or another.

The halftrack, on the other hand, was a rather old piece of equipment, sold to Ireland from the U.S. wartime surplus stock. It was, however, sufficient for countries that were not expecting major combat and served well into the 1970s.

Irish M3 SS11 2

Edit: it was brought to my attention by Life_in_Black that these vehicles are actually Israeli (the license plates).

4 thoughts on “Picture of the Day – 18.2.2017

  1. Great bits of history Silent! Keep them coming! I’ve sadly kind of given up on Rita’s blog…it isn’t even really hers these days. And although most of my game time is WoT, I still read your blog daily. Take care!

  2. Very nice, I love the fact that you still post! This blog was the only thing I was checking every 10 minutes for news while I was a noob in WoT. I have to point one thing though: I would like you to include CIA’s lost tank, Abrams armor, Renault R35 Variants in German Service – Part 2, Modern German Tank Destroyer Line?, Renault R35 Variants in German Service – Part 1, Israel in World of Tanks?, Twilight of the Gods, Renault R35 Development – Part 2, Restored Batchat 25T, Char de 65T, StuG III and IV in Czechoslovak/Syrian Service and “I’ll be back, comrades!”! I would really like to be able to access all those articles faster from the History tab. Also, these picture of the day articles could get in the History tab too, because they contain a bit of history, and have at least 1 picture (obviously)! There is also a wrong link in the History tab, the one for the worst tanks ever made… It would be nice to correct that! Also, you could copy-paste the remaining Swedish Tanks: Part XX articles to complete the “story”. I like to read a lot from the History tab as you can guess, and I would like to see it completed even if it’s the last thing I see!

    Thank you!