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Reading Penna USA Re-enactors
I took these pictures on 6 Jun 2003 at Reading, Pennsylvania USA at a re-enactors/airshow weekend.
I'm having a memory of encountering a carrier as a 10/12 year old back in the early 1950's. Our family went on a picnic, and out behind the barn was this square-boxy thing on tracks. I remember it had no roof, which I thought was odd, and there was a flat-head V-8 in the middle of it. I don't remember the steering wheel (at the time, I knew tracked things were steered with levers). It had to have been a Bren Gun Carrier; the story was that it was bought surplus near Philadelphia, and driven there over snow-covered roads. No, there is not a chance that it is still there!
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The Boys rifle on this carrier is functional, but has been modified to .50 cal to avoid conflict with US firearms laws (anything over .50 cal is a 'destructive device' and falls into a more restrictive category)
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This driver looks like the real thing!!
I was amazed at how cramped the drivers compartment is.
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Thanks for the pics. The Bren Carrier you saw could have been a T16 Universal Carrier. It was assembled by Ford USA and differed from British and Canadian Universal Carriers in having tiller steering (but with 4 instead of the usual 2) and a longer hull. Do you remember if the one you saw had four road wheels on each side instead of three? Regards, Hanno |
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