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Universal Carrier
Universal Carrier as mortar carrier
Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Specifications
Main armament	commonly 0.303 Bren light machine gun or (0.55 in) Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys.
Engine	Ford V-8 petrol
Suspension	Horstmann

The Universal Carrier, or the Bren Gun Carrier was the common name used to describe a family of light armoured tracked vehicles developed and produced in Britain and Canada between 1934 and 1948.

Design

Chart design of all four main designs (Scout, Bren, Cavalry, Universal) and their variations, primarily the Universal.

References

• Bishop, Chris (2002). The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,500 Weapons Systems, Including Tanks, Small Arms, Warplanes, Artillery, Ships and Submarines. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 1586637622.
• Chamberlain, Peter (2001). British and American Tanks of World War Two: The complete illustrated history of British, American, and Commonwealth tanks 1933-1945. Cassell & Company. ISBN 0711028982. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Fletcher, David (2007). Churchill Crocodile Flamethrower. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1846030833. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Fletcher, David (1989). The Great Tank Scandal: British Armour in the Second World War Part 1. Her Majesty's Stationary Office. ISBN 0112904602.
• Fletcher, David (2005). Universal Carrier 1936-48: The 'Bren Gun Carrier' Story. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781841768137. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Fletcher, David (2006). Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1841769835. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Foss, Christopher (1995). The Vickers Tanks: From Landships to Challenger 2. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1853601418. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• French, David (2000). Raising Churchill's Army: The British Army and the War against Germany 1919-1945. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019924630. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
• Harris, J.P. (1995). Men, Ideas, and Tanks: British Military Thought and Armoured Forces, 1903-1939. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719048142.
• Tucker, Spencer (2004). Tanks: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1576079953.

Gallery

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  Wasp in the Canadian War Museum
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  An Australian 2 pounder anti-tank gun carrier (AWM 134672)
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  An Australian 3 inch mortar carrier (AWM 134428)
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  A captured and modified carrier, reused by the Indonesian nationalists during the fighting in Surabaya (Soerabaja) Java.
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  Praying Mantis prototype at Bovington Tank Museum
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  Universal Carrier brings in a batch of German prisoners

External links

• Universal Carrier production and technical data
• mapleleafup.org "The Ford Universal Carrier"
• diggerhistory.info "Bren Carrier"
• Britain's Carriers at wwiivehicles.com
• Eighth Army Bren Gun carrier in the Middle East, 1941 (photo)
• Bren Gun carrier with German Machine Gun in Gazala, Middle East, 1941 (photo)
• Assembling Bren Gun carriers in New Zealand (photo)