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The Carrier, Universal, T16, Mark I., initially "Cargo Carrier T16" was the result of US experimentation in 1942 to improve on the Universal for British use and for US in the Pacific war. [19] It was a significantly improved vehicle based upon those built by Ford of Canada, manufactured under Lend Lease by Ford in the United States from March ...
This article lists British armoured fighting vehicle production during the Second World War.The United Kingdom produced 27,528 tanks and self-propelled guns from July 1939 to May 1945, as well as 26,191 armoured cars and 69,071 armoured personnel carriers (mostly the Universal Carrier).
Light tank Mk I; Light tank Mk II; Light tank Mk III; Light tank Mk IV; Light tank Mk V; Light tank Mk VI; The last of the light tanks were produced during the Second World War. Not considered suitable for use in armoured divisions, they were trialled in airborne operations. All were armed with the QF 2 pdr anti-tank gun. Light tank Mk VIII
Universal carrier which was British personnel carrier that served from 1940 through all of the war M3 Half track used as personnel carrier and provided to British forces through lend-lease. Universal Carrier; Loyd Carrier; Half-track Car M2 – Provided under lend-lease by US. Half-track Personnel Carrier M3 – Provided under lend-lease by US.
Bren gun carriers and Light Tank Mk VIs of 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards with white squares during an exercise at Bucquoy, 12 January 1940 Prior to 1943, there was no formal British identification. However, BEF vehicles carried a white vertical rectangle patch, 12 inches by 15 inches, on the front of AFVs, on the front left mudguard of softskins ...
The Loyd Carrier was one of a number of small tracked vehicles used by the British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War to transport equipment and men about the battlefield. Alongside the Bren, Scout and Machine Gun Carriers , they also moved infantry support weapons.
British Daimler Dingo Mk 1 – Le. Pz.Sp.Wg. Mk l 202(e) British AEC Dorchester armoured bus; British Universal Carrier – Gepanzerter Maschinengewehrträger Bren 731(e) British Universal Carrier – Gep. MG-Träger Br 731(e) modified with 20 mm Flak 38; British Universal Carrier – 8.8 cm Raketenpanzerbüchse 43 (with 88 mm Rockets)
Mk II** - a second version for use with the Universal Carrier [5] Mk II*** - version for use by infantry at platoon level and fitted with a large baseplate [ 5 ] Mk III - version used as a smoke bomb launcher for tanks [ 5 ] It was built into the turret and could fire smoke shells from 20 to 120 yd (18 to 110 m) away.