Sorry to be heavy. I knew you were kidding.
But I question whether the open Carrier was in fact battleworthy in 1944/45. It was designed to keep out bullets, and gave a false sense of security against all the other shit flying around and dropping out of the sky.
Why should the troops in the field have to modify their vehicles with chicken wire? The Llyod and Windsor were supplied with a hooped frame and sliding armour should have been fitted over it to stop shrapnel and mortars. Being laid horizontally it would not have increased the target area.
And no wonder the Canadians wanted a Badger. That's what they should have had from the beginning rather than the cheapo Carrier.
BAOR = British Army Of The Rhine = British forces in occupied Germany.
BTA is, I suspect, British Forces in Austria, but I can't be sure. These are abbreviations for geographically based forces.
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