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NAMED MODELMilitary · New ZealandNew Zealand

LP2 carrier (New Zealand)

New Zealand's welded carriers, built by General Motors at Lower Hutt from late 1941 to the Australian LP2 and LP2A design with local changes: about 1,170, though Wikipedia gives about 1,300 New Zealand carriers.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEUniversal Carrier (1940–60)BUILT BYGeneral Motors New Zealand, Lower HuttIN SERVICE1941OPERATED INNew Zealand, United States, FrancePRODUCTIONAbout 1,170LAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Some went to United States forces in the Pacific and about ten to the Free French.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTUREDFrom late 1941
ENGINEFord flathead V8 petrolFord flathead V8
PRODUCTION RUNAbout 1,170
COUNTRY OF ORIGINNew Zealand
OPERATED INNew Zealand, United States, France
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEUniversal Carrier
FAMILYUniversal Carrier
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEopen
CATEGORYMilitary · New Zealand

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

  • Service Colour Standard brown
  • Olive Drab
  • Khaki Green No. 3
  • Dark Brown
  • Black
  • Dark Olive Green
  • Light Stone
  • Portland Stone
  • Desert Pink
  • Light Mud
  • Deep Bronze Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Machine Gun Carrier LP.2 — The Universal Carrier ↗aviationfilm.com · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2Universal Carrier ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

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