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Carriers - Universal, Bren and Loyd |
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Written by David Boyd
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Wednesday, 31 December 2008 15:38 |
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Carriers 
A Bren Carrier  Carriers were an instrumental part of the British army throughout the Second World War, they were used for just about everything, towing, transporting personnel/ammunition, scouting, mortar/flame thrower carriers, machine gun carriers. Before the war there were several types of Carrier - Bren, Scout, Machine gun and it was realised that a single model would be more beneficial and so the Universal Carrier entered production at he start of 1940. Over 68,000 of these vehicles were produced by the United Kingdom alone with easily another 50,000 being produced by the Commonwealth and USA making it one of the most produced AFVs of all time. | Name | Loyd TPC | Universal Carrier Mk I | Universal Carrier Mk II | Universal Carrier Mk III | Carrier. 3" Mortar Mk I | Carrier MMG Mk I/II | | Type | Carrier | Carrier | Carrier | Carrier | Carrier | Carrier | | | | | | | | | | Max Crew | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Length | 13'-11" | 12'-8" | 12'-8" | 12'-8" | 11'-10.75" | 11'-10.75" | | Width | 6'-9.5" | 6'-1.15" | 6'-1.15" | 6'-1.15" | 6'-1.15" | 6'-11.5" | | Width (over sandshields) | 7'-4.75" | | | | | | | Height | 4'-7.75" | 5'-4" | 5'-4" | 5'-4" | 5'-4" | 6' | | | | | | | | | | Max Weight | 4.35 tons | 4.01 tons | 4.22 tons | 4.22 tons | 4.24 tons | 4.11 tons | | Ground pressure | 6.93lb/" | 8.37 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 | | Ground clearance | 8" | 8" | 8" | 8" | 8" | 8" | | | | | | | | | | Track type | Cast | Cast | Cast | Cast | Cast | Cast | | No per track | 189 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | | Weight of one Track | 672lb | 595lb | 595lb | 595lb | 595lb | 595lb | | Track width | 9.5" | 9.5" | 9.5" | 9.5" | 9.5" | 9.5" | | | | | | | | | | Engine | Ford Detroit | Ford Detroit | Ford Detroit | Ford Detroit | Ford Detroit | Ford Detroit | | B.H.P/Ton | 18.4 | 19.9 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 19.5 | | Max road speed (mph) | 29.8 | 29.25 | 29.25 | 29.25 | 29.25 | 29.25 | | Average road speed | 22.86 | 26.1 | 26.1 | 26.1 | 26.1 | 26.1 | | Cross Country Speed | 8.28 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | | Gear box type | Clash Engagement | Clash Engagement | Clash Engagement | Clash Engagement | Clash Engagement | Clash Engagement | | Gears | 4 Forward 1 Reverse | 4 Forward 1 Reverse | 4 Forward 1 Reverse | 4 Forward 1 Reverse | 4 Forward 1 Reverse | 4 Forward 1 Reverse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fuel consumption (road) – MPG | 6.36 | 6.67 | 6.67 | 6.67 | 6.67 | 6.67 | | Fuel consumption (cross country) | 2.32 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | | Petrol | 22 | 21.875 | 21.875 | 21.875 | 21.875 | 21.875 | | Radius of action (road) | 140 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 146 | | Radius of action (cross country) | 51 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | | Trench Crossing | | | | | | | | Vertical obstacle | | | | | | | | Fording height | 3' | 3' | 3' | 3' | 3' | 3' | | Gradient | | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Armour (in mm) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lower Hull Nose | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | Upper Hull Nose | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | Hull Front | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | Hull Sides Upper | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | Hull Sides Lower | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | Hull Rear Lower | | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | | Hull Rear Upper | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | Hull Floor | 3.175(MS) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Production of Carriers by year (UK Only) | | Pre-War | Sep-Dec 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945(End of May) | | Carriers Bren/Scout | 1,769 | 576 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | | Carriers Loyd | - | - | 184 | 611 | 2,389 | 4,448 | 9,224 | 46 | | Carriers Universal | - | - | 4,991 | 7,424 | 11,182 | 11,683 | 7,744 | 1,430 | | O.P. Carrier | - | - | 205 | 698 | 1,859 | 2,415 | 1 | - |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2008 17:32 |
i just find this site, as i was looking for info about this vehicle I am in a process of retoring one from 1944. would love to make a contact with other people who restored this kind of vehicle.
thanks
arie