Universal Carrier

[Radek]

Now I can say that I am ovner of carrier. :-) Second one is brothers. :-)
The serial No. of the one without front armor is 28791 and complete without is 28765.
Could somebody help me with history of this carriers?

[Michael R.]

Here is the stencil information for the upper rear protection plate. Found at top, centre, between the BREN tripod mounting brackets.

[Radek]

Thanks for info

[Radek]

Could somebody tell me the year of manufacture?

[Michael R.]

The lower hull number you have posted, 28765, can be misleading. However a ball park production date is November, 1944. I believe this is likely a British contract, SM 1447, with a serial number in the 29500 -29700 range. There are multiple existing examples in the U.K. with lower hull numbers close to yours. Some of those U.K. examples also have their original data plates in place, making comparison with their information and lower hull number quite helpful for you.

On close inspection, following your lower hull numbers, you should find a smaller font, upper case letter "C" with a line through it.

As a rough guideline, a C31UCW U.C. NO-2 MKII* production number of 27678 is dated 17 August, 1944, on the 40th Anniversary for Ford of Canada.

[Radek]

Thank you Michael.

[Radek]

Know somebody which kind of wheal are these?