Universal Carrier
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English: The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, or as machine gun platforms.
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A woman watches Universal carriers of the 9th Battalion, King's Regiment moving through a Sussex village, 3 July 1941.
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Universal carriers of 50th Division wade ashore from landing craft on Gold Beach, 6 June 1944.
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Universal carriers with deep wading screens pass through Lion sur Mer, 6 June 1944.
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The remains of a universal carrier blown up by a mine in Tilly-sur-Seulles, 19 June 1944.
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A heavily-loaded Universal Carrier during the advance of 3rd Division, 19 September 1944.
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Royal Hamilton Light Infantry carriers move through the Dutch village of Krabbendijke on the Beveland Causeway, 27 October 1944.
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Canadians enter Bergen-op-Zoom. Early November 1944.
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A Bren Gun Carrier brings in a batch of German prisoners, 1944.
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A captured and modified carrier, reused by the Indonesian nationalists during the fighting in Surabaya.
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Bren Carrier in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel.
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Wasp flamethrower carrier (Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada).
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A flamethrower-equipped variant of the Universal Carrier in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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A flamethrower-equipped variant of the Universal Carrier in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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A flamethrower-equipped variant of the Universal Carrier in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.