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Bren Gun Carriers

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  1. airborne medic

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    Can anyone suggest a good technical book or website for info on the BGC?
     
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  2. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Medic,
    You tried the Wheels & Tracks series?
    here
    Can't remember specifics offhand, but it's a good starting point.

    Regards,

    Gordon
     
    GRW, Aug 27, 2004
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  3. Martin Bull

    Martin Bull Acting Wg. Cdr

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    I've been looking around and have been amazed at being totally unable to find a really good, in-depth source about the Carrier.

    Plenty of skimpy one-page stuff, but for such a widely-used pice of kit, nothing really satisfactory..... :confused:
     
    Martin Bull, Aug 28, 2004
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  4. airborne medic

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    Sounds like someone needs to write a book on them then!
     
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  5. Martin Bull

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    I was very interested indeed to see two of these strange vehicles up-close and in running order at the Arnhem commemorations. The V8 Ford engines were extremely quiet and the driver demonstrated how to turn the Carrier 'on a sixpence' by locking one track.

    Yet again, for such a ubiquitous vehicle, I wondered why so little info is available..... :confused:
     
    Martin Bull, Sep 23, 2004
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  6. airborne medic

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    But apparently if you try a quick turn at speed it's easy to loose a track....
    Have seen a workshop manual for them at last...
     
    airborne medic, Sep 24, 2004
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  7. Martin Bull

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    Ahhh - that explains why the driver was executing a fairly gentle turn on the track running alongside Ginkel Heath.... ;)
     
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  9. Martin Bull

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    Many thanks for the link, figjam ! [​IMG]

    It has a lot of useful information and fills in a lot of gaps in my ( very patchy ) Bren Carrier knowledge.
     
    Martin Bull, Oct 3, 2004
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    no worries mate!
     
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    Go here http://www.universalcarrier.org/index.html then investigate their links.

    There's enough info to get you started.
     
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