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Old 31-12-07, 00:59
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http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=rpUass...eature=related

This looks to be the same carrier in the video above. I really liked the parade. However I do think the person driving was being rather dangerous by showing off. At the 1:30 portion of the film you will see what I mean. From the camera angle he looked rather close to a number of people.
I agree with you Jordan, but he is a very good carier driver in a very good carrier.

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Old 31-12-07, 01:22
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but he is a very good carier driver in a very good carrier
Maybe so but try telling that to the people who would be run over.

Anyway great looking carrier and videos.
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Old 31-12-07, 01:55
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Maybe so but try telling that to the people who would be run over.
I hate to admit it, but those pirouettes in a public parade scared the crap out of me... if that bugger had thrown a track in the middle of one of those, things might have gotten really interesting in a hurry...
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Old 31-12-07, 09:08
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... here's a footage from
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Old 26-11-08, 04:21
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I found on Youtube some footage of the rather odd Praying Mantis version of the Carrier.

I think I would be suffering from motion sickness trying to drive that damn thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umbpabDnSNE
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Default heres was my carrier but i sold this one last week

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UatV52dx5g8

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Old 26-11-08, 11:13
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i have seen the one with the parade, he has a veteran onboard at the time, i had visions of the croud getting diced up or the old boy falling out and getting crushed. that chap must go through tonnes and tonnes of tracks ? they are only good for 500 miles from what i have read ?
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Default my carrier in youtube

herre is my carrier in youtube
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yeah Pablo seen all your vids too, where did you get the vickers from ?
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in the videos are one colt 1928 and browning m2 cal 30(ANM2) in 30-06 caliber and i have five vickers amstrong 303 calibers (fixed)the argentinian air forses used a lot a time ago they sale for weigth,i pay two year ago u$s250 each includes tree colt 1928 u$s 250 too the colt are in good condition and the vickers in exelent condition(almoust never used)the vickers is the same as the browning ANM2 ,the diferense is , one is fixed and the other is flexible,one for us armys and other for british goverment, richard sorry about my english.
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Old 08-12-08, 13:46
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its ok Iam sorry that i like many other Englishmen are too ignorant to speak a fluent second language. Iam presuming that the main language in Argentina is Spanish, if not i am clearly showing further arogance, anyways here goes nothing

Gracias Pablo, espero que yo haya traducido este correctamente, su portador T16 es fantástico y realmente disfruté mirándolo en Youtube espero que yo pueda llegar a un acuerdo con el Puñal en su portador en Holanda entonces puedo disfrutar de una máquina que mi abuelo condujo durante WW2


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ahora te entiendo mejor , richard cualquier cosa que nesecites y te pueda ayudar estoy a tus ordenes,si queres pasame tu mail y te mando fotos de las vickers.
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Old 08-12-08, 14:27
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cheers will do unfortunately here in the UK working machine guns are a big no no
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Default Carriers in canada autumn 2003

hello all present
My wife and I drove from Calgary Alberta to Vancouver BC in Late September 2003 taking the scenic route, Canmore Banff Jasper Whistler, swinging north and going Via 100 Mile House then through the mountains to Vancouver. On the way we passed through CLINTON British Columbia, Route 97 [Cariboo highway] where we stopped to take photographs of old commercial vehicles and were surprised to see a WOOD tank parked on a truck dealers forecourt .This turned out to be a Ford based carrier chassis, S Same design of back axle as my F60.The body was a wooden hull mounted over original Armour. A large plastic pipe as the Gun Barrel. Closer inspection revealed a very complete unit underneath as far as steel work and cab controls was concerned, All the drive line had been removed and been put into storage in the back of the workshops. The hull did have its axles, track steering gear and bogies intact and i think the track them selves were not to badly worn. May i ask if any one in Alberta or BC has managed to acquire this oddity to restore it as it was clearly well looked after
thanks Stephen
PS towns mentioned may not be in correct route order but if any one wants me to try and give more accurate information i can dig out the holiday snaps or video, may even be able to scan the stills for garage name and phone number,Happy hunting
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G'day All, Attached is a short clip (poor quality) that I shot during the event in 2005, this carrier was having some problems and pulled out of the parade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZEWpRqs8dM anyway I don't know who it belongs to cheers Dennis
PS here's another from the same venue again I don't know who owns it cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH_-24aiNqU
Hi I've added another clip hopefully http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=lY8cPK...eature=channel

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Old 05-02-09, 04:16
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WOW !!!!! anyone notice the british issue head lights ? i bet there were loads of bren carrier crews minus there teeth after the war
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... and here's a colored video of Canadian Ram Tanks unloading of train trailers
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Old 07-02-09, 03:49
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fantastic zemsi....although a bit morbid, you cant help but feel that half the guys if not most of them from the footage will have died either during conflict or of old age.....countless families who dont even know of this footage existence.
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... and here's a colored video of Canadian Ram Tanks unloading of train trailers
great find Zemsi.
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How cool is this.
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great find Zemsi.
Did not have to look far, it was right here under his nose
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http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12585
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Old 07-09-09, 05:48
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I'd love to come across this field.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12752
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Thanks for that link Jordan as it got me searching on there for stuff relating to my grandfather's regiment during the war, and found these nice little clips

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12374 Naples..... 3" mortars being fired from the carriers

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=60627 bren carriers in france

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12361 salerno landings

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=49015 Crossing the volturno

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=60623 - near the end machine gun carriers firing on a position





also on your clip.......at 0:29.84 correct me if iam wrong but i am almost 99% certain the carrier that passes is T10829 !!!!!!!
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sherman tank with new tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVwFN1Tap7k
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nice, wonder if staman will make tracks for us carrier lovers... or even perhaps the "Grants"
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some more footage here from Syria, a carrier comes into shot with the name

"SOUTHEND" on..... beleived to be 8th army.


T4520 (bren carrier with caunter pattern) drives through followed by a scout carrier (unable to see serial number) later a close up of another scout carrier "CHELMSFORD"

other carriers seen T4526........all dressed up in Caunter Pattern

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=51898
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Old 14-09-09, 02:41
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Here is the carrier of Willem Keizer at the Twente Achterhoekweekend 2009 in action on the hill climb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FQzUN1iPI

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Hello richard thanks for the link to british Pathe, if only the serial numbers of the Scout Carriers could be made out...

It's an interesting comparison with the three generations of carrier (Bren, Scout and Universal) travelling along in convoy and in order of descendancy.

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