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Here we see two Bren Gun Carriers from the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) on an exercise during 1939. From this angle we can see the sloped top to the side of the third crew member's position at the rear, an easy way to tell the Bren Gun Carrier from the later Universal Carrier.
© IWM (H 1019)
Bren Gun Carrier – Britain’s Universal War Machine, Robert Jackson.
A look at one of the most numerous tracked vehicles in British service during the Second World War, originally designed to carry machine guns to the location where they were needed, but soon adapted to fulfil a much wider range of functions. Found wherever British and Commonwealth forces fought during the Second World War, this was one of the most flexibly vehicles in British service (Read Full Review)
