{"id":5968233136296,"title":"Rubicon Models - 1\/56 M3\/M3A1 Expansion - M21 MMC \u0026 Tarpaulin Set","handle":"280053","description":"\u003ch1\u003e1\/56 M3\/M3A1 Expansion - M21 MMC \u0026amp; Tarpaulin Set\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRubicon Models 280053 \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe M21 Mortar Motor Carriage (MMC) was a self-propelled artillery mount on a half-track chassis used by the United States Army during WW2. It was equipped with an 81mm M1 mortar and an air-cooled M2 Browning machine gun. It was produced by the White Motor Company in 1944. Only 110 were produced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe M21 served on the Western Front, seeing action in Normandy and in southern France, before later being used during the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Belgium, Operation Market Garden, and the invasion of Germany from the west. 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