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International M-5 High Speed Prime Mover
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Army personnel pulling a 155mm howitzer with a International M-5 High Speed Prime Mover during a test or demonstration. Original caption reads: "This high speed tractor, a new piece of equipment used by the Army to pull heavy guns, is capable of making speeds up to 35 miles an hour over the roughest type of terrain. It carries a gun crew up to eight men and the driver of the vehicle, as well as a complement of ammunition."
1943
International Harvester Company
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M-5 Prime Mover
1945
Soldiers pulling 155mm howitzer with an M-5 tractor at Camp Adair, Oregon. The original caption reads: "This is the new M-5 tractor which replaces 2 and one-half ton trucks as the standard prime-m...
High-Speed Prime Mover
1943
A M-5 high-speed prime mover carries men through a field. The original caption reads: "The M-5 high-speed prime mover, designed and engineered by International Harvester's Gas Power Engineering Dep...
International-Built M-5 Prime Mover
1943
M-5 prime mover built by International Harvester for the U.S. military.
Tanks and Military Vehicles at Bettendorf Works
1942
U.S. military equipment lined up outside International Harvester's Bettendorf Works. Pictured left to right are a M-5 prime mover (1st design), a M-5 prime mover (last design), a M-5 tank, a tank r...
Everything Changed But The Paint
1944
Advertisement with color illustrations for the 1943 "prime mover" reads: "1941 Nothing changed but the paint Everything changed but the paint 1943". The poster advertises tractors that are "a revel...
Female Welder in War Production at IH Factory
September 8, 1943
A female operator at an International Harvester Company factory welds the end plates of a M-5 high-speed tractor. The tractor was built for the Army to pull the guns of the Field Artillery. Another...
