Universal Carrier AKA Bren gun carrier

[@Peorhum]

My father helped to make these in Windsor Canada. Great little carriers. It was relatively fast and agile for the day. By today's standards with Aluminum chassis they are small and slow. Their biggest fault that I see is having 1/3 of the rear area taken up with the engine. The mobility WAS great even if not amphibious. In same battles this was the only vehicle that could get where needed by the troops due to being so light. I often think of it as a tracked jeep

[@Peorhum]

pencilpauli Not sure quality was an issue at Canadian plants as they were basically US car plants in Canada. The auto plants in Canada basically started pumping out CMPs and UCs once Canada went to war in 1939, before that these plants made Ford, Chrysler, and GM cars and trucks for Canadian and US markets. The US version if you really wish to call it that was just the latest version of the UC which just happened to go into production in the US. The US did not really use the UC and US made UCs were mainly used by Canada. US version was really an improved Cdn version made in the US near the end of the war for lend lease. If they modified the engines for the UC made in the US it was likely to allow it to fit in the longer UC chassis, the US made version had.

[@Supperdude9]

>Tracked Jeep That's probably the best way to describe this thing. It did for the Brits what the Jeep did for the Americans.

[@colinsheridan5678]

Used to play in one at a local park back in the 70s

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

There could be a role again for an updated vehicle of this type. Wide variety of uses. Ripsaw and Wiesel being modern versions.

[@micksmith5123]

The germans developed somthing like it called the weasel.

[@zacbell03]

There basically is a modern version of this: The Jackal

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@@micksmith5123 not to argue with you guys bu jackal not quite the same machines or doctrine although similar. I did mention wisel/weasel myself...Weasel more similar than jackal.. but is more specialised recce/para/tiny tank doctrine. Not used widely as far as I know, like a jeep for example, which I think would be useful doctrine for simple small light tracked vehicle.everything from fire support to casevac to resupply etc high mobility, low silhouette etc

[@TOKYO3GOU]

Nice vehicle ! I want one.

[@alistairwilson2261]

My uncle t/a l/col Cowley drive one in WW2. Settle and Sutherland Highlanders. He was Geordie so English, all the carriers were named after Scottish battles. All his Scots mates were furious as he drove Bannockburn! Sent humour there me thinks.

[@RasEli03]

Pause at 1:40 is that a german right hand fed machingun?

[@VegardMinde]

What's wrong with the mobility ?! It's super mobile !

[@Gjaeralaus]

Probably the low top speed

[@NottsAndDerbyLHG39-45]

could the guys who made this have actually done some research ?

[@Ilikejetfighters]

2000s ahh graphics.