driver wind screen

[Jordan Baker]

The Carrier in post #3 is a T16

[rob love]

The event in Winnipeg was "If Day". There is a lot on the internet about it, for example this wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Day
And there is this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scLEt70yIE


The event was towards the end of February, which in Winnipeg, is typically extremely cold.



Another good shot of winterization of carriers can be seen in the op-eskimo books. There they built plywood enclosures over the carriers, however it was noted that it resulted in overheating. Hard to heat the driver/gunner position when the entire cooling system is drawing it's air from that area.

[stephen crowhurst]

Thanks David
There is still a lot of bits still out there to be discovered, there seems to be more in Canada, New Zealand and Australia as the reporting restrictions in the UK during the War were quit strict over here.

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks a lot Stephen , Leon, Jordan,David and Rob . Fascinating pictures and stories to say the least . So much knowledge in this group !

[Ed Storey]

As Rob mentioned, makeshift enclosures were made for the exercise and here is an image of one mounted on a Universal Carrier.

Fig. 11 Universal Carrier with Makeshift Cover..jpg

[Michael R.]

Ford, Canada, 1940 factory test driving image of the early production U.C. MK-I* showing a windscreen installed. Does a part number appear in FUC-02, or possibly FUC-03?

Interesting to observe the rear upper engine cover not installed.
British supplied horn and headlamps, consistent with the period.

Is there an aperture block of some sort installed in the gunners loophole below the mantlet?

[Lynn Eades]

I believe there were some with Aero screens, but cant remember the details.
They were quite small compared to the ones above.