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NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Carrier, Machine-Gun No. 2

The 1937 production machine-gun carrier, with its Vickers machine gun in an armoured housing.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEMachine-gun, Bren and Scout carriers (1936–40)BUILT BYVickers-Armstrongs, Thornycroft, Basingstoke, Sentinel Waggon Works, Shrewsbury, Aveling-Barford, Grantham, Ford of Britain, Dagenham, Morris Motors, CowleyIN SERVICE1937OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONNot published separatelyLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The No. 2 carried the medium machine gun forward for the infantry. It led directly to the Bren carrier, which put the lighter Bren gun in the same position.

Specification

MANUFACTURERVickers-Armstrongs ↗, Thornycroft, Basingstoke ↗, Sentinel Waggon Works, Shrewsbury ↗, Aveling-Barford, Grantham ↗, Ford of Britain, Dagenham ↗, Morris Motors, Cowley ↗
design; built by Aveling-Barford, Ford of Britain, Morris Motors, Sentinel Waggon Works and Thornycroft
MANUFACTURED1937
ENGINEFord flathead V8 petrol, 239 cu in (3.9 L), 85 hp at 3,500 rpmFord flathead V8
PRODUCTION RUNNot published separately
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEBren and Scout carriers
FAMILYBren and Scout carriers
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEopen
CATEGORYMilitary · United Kingdom

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Khaki Green No. 3

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Sources

  1. 1Universal Carrier ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched