Universal Carrier - Bren Gun Carrier

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The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier is a common name describing a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrong. Produced between 1934 and 1960, the vehicle was used widely by British Commonwealth forces during the Second World War. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as machine gun platforms. With some 113,000 built in the United Kingdom and abroad, it was the most produced armoured fighting vehicle in history.

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@veon15 9 жыл бұрын

I fear for that little tree.

@emmdeedee 11 жыл бұрын

I did WWII reenacting and we had a guy who owned a few of these. Very nimble we used it to pull a 37mm AT gun. If you happen to be over 5'9" however you are in for an uncomfortable ride.

@keithammleter3824 8 ай бұрын

My father drove one in Australian Army service in WW2. He said it must have been designed by a committee of midgets. He was 5'8". He was a fairly heavy muscly guy - was a farm laborer and railway track labourer in civilian life.

@jihhoupeh7422 8 жыл бұрын

With that sunshine that must be in Australia

@italjahcorntrashroller Жыл бұрын

Looks good. Clean really clean.

@edmundcharles5278 10 жыл бұрын

This is a nice little ATF tracked vehicle. It was used to carry the Bren MG and crew and it could do other light duties as well. The only improvement that I can see is the provision for an even wider track, as this produces even less ground pressure by distributing the vehicle's weight over a wider track surface (ala the Weasel US light tracked vehicle).

@nazimelon6653 7 жыл бұрын

i want one. For groceries.

@AmphiStuG 4 жыл бұрын

You feeding a small village?

@reynaldoflores4522 2 жыл бұрын

It probably doesn't have much luggage space.

@Match2100 11 жыл бұрын

Looks like a top notch resto, sounds tough as!

@nellsonstout7001 7 жыл бұрын

It'd be a blast to own one of these and a transferable Bren

@NorthEastSaskFarmer 12 жыл бұрын

my grandfathers friend bought one after the second world war as surplus it was really cheap. he still uses it for hunting last year he shot a moose and he dragged it through the bush, mud and slop with it.

@Kohl423 6 жыл бұрын

Most associated with the Bren gun but carried a much wider variety of weapons when required to do so.

@66Wilies 10 жыл бұрын

Very cool glade to see these old buggies still running.

@alaskanbas6507 7 жыл бұрын

Warning, a little tree was harmed in this video.

@BjrnOttoVasbottenbjovas 3 жыл бұрын

Tis but a bark wound!!!

@reynaldoflores4522 2 жыл бұрын

It also tore up a lot of grass turf.

@DirTyOhGee 12 жыл бұрын

Now THAT is cool! This should have 1 million views!!!

@illcounttill3 11 жыл бұрын

love the sound of the old ford v8

@declan1278 8 ай бұрын

Wow what a great small armour carrier just right for its job full marks for it 😂 2:09

@Survivethejive 8 жыл бұрын

My granpa was in one of these and it went over a mine. They are not mine proof. Looks like it rocks back and forth a lot too. Beautiful machine though

@boptah7489 4 жыл бұрын

That's a good bit of Kit.

@kyliejohnson8395 7 жыл бұрын

great video

@GewelReal 7 жыл бұрын

It's soo cute!

@reynaldoflores4522 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the cutest little armored tracked vehicle ever used in WWII.

@festiverespecttrackingfanc6644 Ай бұрын

Looks quite fun!

@kellybreen5526 2 жыл бұрын

I want one!

@Sean_Coyne 2 жыл бұрын

Looks to have been in the great emu war, cobber. ;-)

@ShawnCFarm 12 жыл бұрын

I just bought one last weekend but its missing way to many parts to restore.

@RawPower7 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Where is the bren? Cool machine.

@nelsonbruh4095 Жыл бұрын

hell of a lawnmower

@northlandrider5396 Жыл бұрын

A publican in Reefton NZ in the 1960s had one of these for collecting riverbank rocks to polish and sell. As a kid I was in awe that you could have your own V8 tank. It wasn't as pretty as this one though!

@buffplums 2 жыл бұрын

I found about 4 of these buggers half buried / rotting away in a peat bog i the Falkland Islands a coup,e of weeks agog.

@clonetrex 12 жыл бұрын

classic phrase for those who were in this during the second world war.... ''TIGER!!''

@pcka12 5 жыл бұрын

mario hernandez Tigers were ‘rare beasts’ Universal Carriers ‘anything but’.

@JumpSeeker 11 жыл бұрын

Isn't this the Australian Local Pattern Carrier?

@DansModelBench 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Gnomefather 11 жыл бұрын

How much does these cost? I really want one!

@thetourettesgamer8851 5 жыл бұрын

Gnomefather I’ve seen one for £17,000

@paulmchugh8695 4 жыл бұрын

The flying mess tin !

@cuhurun 3 жыл бұрын

How to feel totally sea-sick on dry land ? Ride in a Universal Carrier !

@gerry343 Жыл бұрын

Take a look at the one airborne in Wiki. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Carrier

@cuhurun Жыл бұрын

@@gerry343 : LOL... nice job. Beware - low flying carriers !

@gerry343 Жыл бұрын

@@cuhurun I bet the landing was hard!

@songkok7hitam 2 жыл бұрын

most common vehicle during the battle of Malaya

@willobi 12 жыл бұрын

my zombie waggon.

@anrmlumlwundlistr7620 3 жыл бұрын

You hurt the little tree :(

@reynaldoflores4522 2 жыл бұрын

Only a sapling. Just plant another.

@billl605 Жыл бұрын

Watch out for mom's rose bushes!

@rocksteel44 Жыл бұрын

...AUSGEZEICHNET!!!!!

@bonk6164 2 жыл бұрын

Poor tree 😞

@Kedrezac 9 жыл бұрын

How authentic, he even has the ugly shorts. ;p

@IAmTheStig32 9 жыл бұрын

Kevin Burke Shut up and take my like.

@visionary_8865 2 жыл бұрын

Most impractical tracked machine ive ever seen, and i feel bad for that driver, almost squeezed between to metal sides n a steering stuck on chest. This is smthng u will get from a pissed off designer after an year of paycuts due to ongoing war

@reynaldoflores4522 2 жыл бұрын

But it's SOOOO cute!

@awatt Ай бұрын

Op is obviously jealous that they can't have one

@visionary_8865 2 жыл бұрын

Ideal concept of engineering stupidity

@bw6524 Жыл бұрын

Cheap, reliable, versatile. You would do well to educate yourself and read some books written by historians and veterans that actually used them to understand how useful these little machines were.

@vankk7356 5 жыл бұрын

this is probably the most unsafe BMP of WW2 the crew is literally exposed to enemy gunfire, the British army was such a cheap ass building this grotesque tin can, and send people on a mission with it, fuckin Hell

@deanf7644 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a ‘carrier’ or ‘tractor’ you half wit! It’s not a BMP!

@reynaldoflores4522 2 жыл бұрын

I'd rather ride in a Dingo.

@davidtanslow3584 2 жыл бұрын

Not a very good driver, but typical of a British soldier, is all one can say, a whole field of grass and he has to kill a sapling. Hope he paid for its replacement.