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Marque · Bren and Scout carriers · in production 1936–1940

Machine-gun, Bren and Scout carriers

The first British carriers, developed from Vickers-Armstrongs' VA D50 of 1934: the machine-gun carriers of 1936–37, the Bren, Scout and Cavalry carriers and the armoured observation post. About 2,400 were built before the Universal replaced them in 1940.

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9VEHICLESAbout 2,400BUILT1936–1940IN PRODUCTION3CHAPTERS

The War Office bought two VA D50s in 1935, and fourteen mild-steel Carrier, Machine-Gun No. 1s entered service in 1936. Each later type was laid out for one job — the Bren carrier for an infantry section's light machine gun, the Scout carrier with a wireless for the cavalry, the Cavalry carrier for six passengers, the observation post for the artillery.

Aveling and Porter, Bedford, Ford of Britain, Morris, Sentinel and Thornycroft built them. The British Expeditionary Force took them to France in 1939, and after the losses of 1940 New Zealand and Australia built their own.

3 chapters, 1948 → today

1Machine-gun carriers1936 – 19372Bren, Scout and Cavalry carriersLate 1930s – 19403Dominion copies1940 – 1941
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11936 – 1937

Machine-gun carriers

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The first carriers from the VA D50.

Registry records · chapter 1

Carrier, Machine-Gun No. 1 Mark I1936Carrier, Machine-Gun No. 21937
2Late 1930s – 1940

Bren, Scout and Cavalry carriers

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The specialised carriers of the British Expeditionary Force.

Registry records · chapter 2

Machine-gun, Bren and Scout carriers (1936–40)1936–40Carrier, Bren No. 2, Marks I and II1938–40Carrier, Scout Mark I1938–40Carrier, Cavalry Mark I1938–40Carrier, Armoured Observation Post1938–40
31940 – 1941

Dominion copies

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New Zealand's forty Bren carriers and Australia's LP1.

Registry records · chapter 3

Carrier, Bren No. 2 Mark I/L (New Zealand)1941Carrier, Machine Gun, Local Pattern No. 1 (LP1, Australia)1940–41

Base models

The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.
Machine-gun, Bren and Scout carriers (1936–40)1936–40

In service

Where the registry's Bren and Scout carriers records worked; each opens the themed history.
Military8 records in this marque

Sources

  1. Universal Carrier — Wikipedia
  2. A History of New Zealand Bren Carriers — New Zealand Military Vehicle Club
  3. Bren Gun Carrier manufactured at State Engineering Works, North Fremantle 1942 — Collections WA (Army Museum of Western Australia)

Bren and Scout carriers records in the registry

9 records, oldest first.
Carrier, Machine-Gun No. 1 Mark I1936 · United KingdomMachine-gun, Bren and Scout carriers (1936–40)1936–40 · United KingdomCarrier, Machine-Gun No. 21937 · United KingdomCarrier, Armoured Observation Post1938–40 · United KingdomCarrier, Bren No. 2, Marks I and II1938–40 · United KingdomCarrier, Cavalry Mark I1938–40 · United KingdomCarrier, Scout Mark I1938–40 · United KingdomCarrier, Machine Gun, Local Pattern No. 1 (LP1, Australia)1940–41 · AustraliaCarrier, Bren No. 2 Mark I/L (New Zealand)1941 · New Zealand