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Here we see a column of Scout Carriers from the 13/18th Royal Hussars during an exercise near Vimy on 11 October 1939, soon after the arrival of the BEF in France. From this angle we see the open storage area at the left-rear of the Scout Carrier, which replaced the crew position of the Bren Gun Carrier.
© IWM (O 117)
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)
