My Dad was a sergeant in charge of his platoon of 11 guys, 2x Universal Carriers and 2x 3 inch Mortars during the D-Day landings on Juno Beach (Nan White). He fought all through Europe into Berlin including on the ill-fated Operation Market Garden. He discharged from the army in the 1950s at the rank of Company Quarter Master Sergeant (CQMS). Rest in peace Dad.
Thats not a platoon, that is a section. Or as the Americans would call it, a squad. An infantry platoon is generally made up of three infantry sections, a heavy section, and a HQ section and is led by a Lieutenant, not a sergeant, unless the officer has become a casualty of course. What you are describing is the heavy section of an infantry platoon. Also strictly speaking the CQMS is not a rank, it is a position in the company held by someone of Sergeant rank. Like the Company or Regimental Sergeant Major, they too are positions not ranks, usually held by a Warrant Officer 2nd and 1st Class respectively. Though in war time this could change due to casualties.
On Soviet Red Army use of the Universal Carrier Six men in a Bren are sleeping again, but only one is warm. The radioman hides, the TC chides, and the burp gunners share the storm, The loaders have welts from the ammo belts and the MG man's cold as heck, Only the driver smiles as they shiver(!), he sleeps on the engine deck! -WBC
Now I understand why I couldn't get my leg in past the steering wheel of the one at the Puckapunyal museum, way back in the 70's when they still let kids hurt themselves. The seat moves!!! It must have been stuck in it's most "up" position! I'd always wondered how a human being drove one - now I know!
there is an abandoned universal carrier next to my house in Israel, i played in it with my friends all the time as a kid despite how much rust and spider webs cover it
Wow this sparked a lot of memories of conversations with my grandfather, I wish I could have watched this back then as I was too young to understand and visualise what he was talking about
Vickers built the Bren Carrier, Scout Carrier and Cavalry Carrier from 1936, all had the same lower hull but different upper hull layout. With war looming it was decided to speed up production by building only one vehicle, the Universal Carrier introduced in 1940. This was then equipped for other roles ie, MMG Carrier, Mortar Carrier, Gun Tractor etc as required. Universal Carriers were built in Britain, Canada and Australia. There was also a range of gun tractors with longer hulls and 4 x road wheels per side, Loyd Carrier, Windsor Carrier and T-16 Carrier
Incredible, all the little quality of life features. If the Soviets had made these they would have been 5 metal sheets welded together with (maybe) a seat on the floor for the driver.
Brits vanquished Tiger tanks with these puppies, they would just rush a single Tiger with like 20 of these vehicles- the Tigers turret couldn't keep up with these carriers driving all around the tank and the Germans would usually surrender in 20 minutes out of frustration.
Thank you for this splendid training film. The Cardin Lloyd was built in greater number than any other tank. Some came out of Australia but many were made in Italy, in several modles, many lengthened. We might not recognise this as a tank similar to the German mark 1. But the Italians surely thought it to be one. Their most common one too.
Strewth you gotta be kidding me a bloody portable cooker right on top of the auxiliary fuel tank! At 8.28, shit I hope us Aussies didn’t do that one, seeing that the Bren gun carrriers were built here with 221 Ford sidewacker V8’s there would have been plenty of places to wrap up some sangers and heat them up for lunch on either exhaust manifold just like my uncle used to do back in the sixties with his Dodge 750 prime mover ( Aussie bonneted) pulling a pantech on interstate powered by a 361 petrol V8!! Those manifolds got near white hot going up hills like pretty sally at Wallan he used to heat up his tucker on that donk
The bren carrier was a version of this with a different design of rear body, basically there was only the compartment to the left of the engine housing in the rear. There were other versions as well but they settled on a standard universal carrier, to which mountings could be added to carry a Vickers machine gun or a 3 inch mortar. Armour protection was fairly minimal (similar to the White scout car and M3 half track) but it was better protected than a light truck and being fully tracked they were good cross country. The main problem with them was when people thought they were some kind of tank - They were not and if used like a tank they suffered heavy losses. Basically a lightly armoured jeep they were useful for jobs such as carrying the ammunition for a platoon size patrol. They were also used in 'carrier platoons' to carry four infantrymen each for rapid deployment (similar to the German motorcycle troops), If memory serves this was the most widely produced vehicle of WW2, there were more of them built than jeeps. The Germans liked them and used any they captured. The carriers were developed as light artillery tractors but as guns got bigger they were redundant and passed to the infantry as utility vehicles. The Carden Lloyd track suspension system was similar on the Lloyd carrier (used as a light gun tractor) and the Germans copied it for use on their Mautier half track trucks. Post war the German army developed their small Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier to fulfil the same role and recently the US has purchased some of those for their trials of autonomous fighting vehicles.
Updated reply - It was the most produced armoured vehicle of WW2 (so not more than the jeep) - The horstman suspension was used right up to the British Chieftan and a variant was used on the Sherman easy 8. I didn't too badly given that the Airfix Magazine articles were read in the 1970's !
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My Dad was a sergeant in charge of his platoon of 11 guys, 2x Universal Carriers and 2x 3 inch Mortars during the D-Day landings on Juno Beach (Nan White). He fought all through Europe into Berlin including on the ill-fated Operation Market Garden. He discharged from the army in the 1950s at the rank of Company Quarter Master Sergeant (CQMS). Rest in peace Dad.
Thats not a platoon, that is a section. Or as the Americans would call it, a squad. An infantry platoon is generally made up of three infantry sections, a heavy section, and a HQ section and is led by a Lieutenant, not a sergeant, unless the officer has become a casualty of course. What you are describing is the heavy section of an infantry platoon.
Also strictly speaking the CQMS is not a rank, it is a position in the company held by someone of Sergeant rank. Like the Company or Regimental Sergeant Major, they too are positions not ranks, usually held by a Warrant Officer 2nd and 1st Class respectively. Though in war time this could change due to casualties.
On Soviet Red Army use of the Universal Carrier
Six men in a Bren are sleeping again, but only one is warm.
The radioman hides, the TC chides, and the burp gunners share the storm,
The loaders have welts from the ammo belts and the MG man's cold as heck,
Only the driver smiles as they shiver(!), he sleeps on the engine deck!
-WBC
I love that the designers decided to mount the cooking device on top of the petrol tank.
An exceedingly good lecture about an excellent workhorse of the army of the British commonwealth. Thank you ever so much.
This would be an invaluable resource for anybody planning to restore one of these vehicles.
The technology in these wee things is amazing for it's time! The cooling system alone is amazing!
Now I understand why I couldn't get my leg in past the steering wheel of the one at the Puckapunyal museum, way back in the 70's when they still let kids hurt themselves. The seat moves!!! It must have been stuck in it's most "up" position! I'd always wondered how a human being drove one - now I know!
Fantastic, I just got myself a MK1 carrier and I wasnt sure about a few things, this has just cleared them all up for me
really?
I got one as well, though it’s just over an inch long.
there is an abandoned universal carrier next to my house in Israel, i played in it with my friends all the time as a kid despite how much rust and spider webs cover it
Wow this sparked a lot of memories of conversations with my grandfather, I wish I could have watched this back then as I was too young to understand and visualise what he was talking about
Great stuff for a generation interested in details they never cover in the Histories. Thanks for posting it, AWM!
nice introduction smart construction for 3o/40ies
Excellent info on this great little tool
I like the Samuel Johnson quote...so very true.
I’m holding a scale model of this and spotting all the little details in the kit. It’s staggering how accurate it is.
Vickers built the Bren Carrier, Scout Carrier and Cavalry Carrier from 1936, all had the same lower hull but different upper hull layout. With war looming it was decided to speed up production by building only one vehicle, the Universal Carrier introduced in 1940. This was then equipped for other roles ie, MMG Carrier, Mortar Carrier, Gun Tractor etc as required. Universal Carriers were built in Britain, Canada and Australia. There was also a range of gun tractors with longer hulls and 4 x road wheels per side, Loyd Carrier, Windsor Carrier and T-16 Carrier
BELLISSIMA !!!
Incredible, all the little quality of life features. If the Soviets had made these they would have been 5 metal sheets welded together with (maybe) a seat on the floor for the driver.
This thing must have been a ball to design, how much stuff can you include and still leave room for Troops? Looks like work of sheer genius!
I say old bean, what a jolly spiffing instructional communication. Such enunciation is sorely lacking in videos by todays modern ruffians.
Wuffians you mean
@@peterfeeney721 Scallywags even......
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Steady on chaps!
thanks for up loading this vary interesting
Over 113,000 Universal carriers were built, making the most produced AFV of all time.
Still a better love story than twilight.
Thank you
My father swore by them, DLI, recce. France to northern Germany
Narrated By David Niven by sounds, Even the Russians used them. Handy Vehicle.
Brits vanquished Tiger tanks with these puppies, they would just rush a single Tiger with like 20 of these vehicles- the Tigers turret couldn't keep up with these carriers driving all around the tank and the Germans would usually surrender in 20 minutes out of frustration.
BS!!!
Thank you for this splendid training film. The Cardin Lloyd was built in greater number than any other tank. Some came out of Australia but many were made in Italy, in several modles, many lengthened. We might not recognise this as a tank similar to the German mark 1. But the Italians surely thought it to be one. Their most common one too.
Its not Italian, or a tank.
The Lloyd carrier wasn't armoured - it was mild steel.
I'm guessing the WH&S people weren't told about the "portable cooker" sitting on top of one of the fuel tanks?
So... if you were to get your hands on one of these, how difficult would it be to get it into working order, what parts would be hard to replace?
Ford flat headv8 , 1 ton rear end & willys 3 speed
Strewth you gotta be kidding me a bloody portable cooker right on top of the auxiliary fuel tank! At 8.28, shit I hope us Aussies didn’t do that one, seeing that the Bren gun carrriers were built here with 221 Ford sidewacker V8’s there would have been plenty of places to wrap up some sangers and heat them up for lunch on either exhaust manifold just like my uncle used to do back in the sixties with his Dodge 750 prime mover ( Aussie bonneted) pulling a pantech on interstate powered by a 361 petrol V8!! Those manifolds got near white hot going up hills like pretty sally at Wallan he used to heat up his tucker on that donk
Just the storage position for it, not able to be used there.
Good thing for this video because I just bought three of them🤣🤣🤣
¿ Carden Lloyd 1935 ?
different, unarmoured vehicle. Similar in appearance though.
No radio? A portable cooker I wonder what the cooked 🤔 or maybe brewed.
They had a radio.
Different from Bren carrier?
The bren carrier was a version of this with a different design of rear body, basically there was only the compartment to the left of the engine housing in the rear. There were other versions as well but they settled on a standard universal carrier, to which mountings could be added to carry a Vickers machine gun or a 3 inch mortar. Armour protection was fairly minimal (similar to the White scout car and M3 half track) but it was better protected than a light truck and being fully tracked they were good cross country. The main problem with them was when people thought they were some kind of tank - They were not and if used like a tank they suffered heavy losses. Basically a lightly armoured jeep they were useful for jobs such as carrying the ammunition for a platoon size patrol. They were also used in 'carrier platoons' to carry four infantrymen each for rapid deployment (similar to the German motorcycle troops), If memory serves this was the most widely produced vehicle of WW2, there were more of them built than jeeps. The Germans liked them and used any they captured. The carriers were developed as light artillery tractors but as guns got bigger they were redundant and passed to the infantry as utility vehicles. The Carden Lloyd track suspension system was similar on the Lloyd carrier (used as a light gun tractor) and the Germans copied it for use on their Mautier half track trucks. Post war the German army developed their small Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier to fulfil the same role and recently the US has purchased some of those for their trials of autonomous fighting vehicles.
Updated reply - It was the most produced armoured vehicle of WW2 (so not more than the jeep) - The horstman suspension was used right up to the British Chieftan and a variant was used on the Sherman easy 8. I didn't too badly given that the Airfix Magazine articles were read in the 1970's !
Basically the same
they were manufactured through to 1960