The most amazing carrier video you will ever see

[shaun]

This carrier appears to have extra armour added around the gunner and the driver .

[eddy8men]

I also noticed that armour and thought it might have been part of the wading screen !

[RichardT10829]

I dont think they fitted wading screens in the ME theatre during the war... they sealed them up and bunged holes for Sicily and Italy.... they all appear to be late MK carriers from what i can see my thoughts were more along the lines of flame thrower carrier... perhaps they are suez relics, end of life...new tech coming through....conflict over...bin the waste :-(

[Ben]

They've had the engines taken out too.

[Lynn Eades]

Not only were the engines gone from them, some showed bullet holes through them. I suspect that if one was pulled out and cleaned up, that it would prove to be a disappointment.

[kevin powles]

Gents, I believe these were : Israeli Bren Gun Carriers dumped in the sea when they with withdraw from Sinai in 1948.

I have seen before black and white photo's of that drivers armour mod before, will try and locate it, some of the carriers still have the engines.

Kevin.

Nice site to check out : http://www.ointres.se/latrun.htm

[arie teomim]

HI ALL,
the story arouses my curiosity. so, I am going to make a research about it.
few facts that I do know now-
1- the only time the Israeli army used carriers was during the war for independence in 1948, and they were caught from the Egyptian army.

2- during the 1967 conflict the Egyptian army used Russian weapons and armory.
3-there were no carriers in the area during the seventis. I know that for sure, I was there at the time.
SO, I guess these carriers were caught in SHARM EL SHECH in the south of the SINAI dezet. It realy looks like these carriers were dumped into the sea.
at that time there was no road from SHARM EL SHECH to ISRAEL. so maybe, thats was the reason that it was dumped to the sea.
but, as I said, this interesting, and I will research it.
arie

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Not only were the engines gone from them, some showed bullet holes through them. I suspect that if one was pulled out and cleaned up, that it would prove to be a disappointment.

Definately, just have a close look at the wrecks pulled from the Normandy seabed at Port-en-Bessin. The armour on Sherman tanks has been seriously thinned down by corrossion, thinner armour on a Priest has even been corroded away. Those carriers are best left at the bottom of the ocean for divers and fish to enjoy

H.

[Lynn Eades]

Hanno, I did notice that none of the divers touched any of them. I imagine they are protected already.