Bren Gun Carrier

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526746441
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bren Gun Carrier written by Robert Jackson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide that blends the history behind this British tank with resources for military vehicle modeling enthusiasts. One of the most versatile fighting vehicles in the British army and many other forces for a quarter of a century, the Universal Carrier—more popularly known by its original title of Bren Gun Carrier—was developed as a fast and agile infantry-support vehicle. In this volume of Pen & Sword’s LandCraft series, Robert Jackson traces its design and manufacturing history and describes its operational role throughout its long career. The Bren Carrier served in every theater of the Second World War, from northwest Europe, North Africa and the Soviet Union to the Far East. Then, with the war over, it was operated by many belligerents in a string of other conflicts around the world, including Israel’s struggle for independence and the war in Korea. A selection of archive photographs showing the Bren Carrier in action gives a graphic impression of how adaptable it was and records the variety of equipment it could carry. The book is an excellent source for the modeler, providing details of available kits together with specially commissioned color profiles which illustrate how the Bren Carriers used by different units and armies appeared.

Author : David Fletcher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780968000
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Carrier 1936–48 written by David Fletcher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Universal Carrier was a fast, lightly armed vehicle developed by the British Army to carry infantry across ground defended by small-arms fire, specifically the Bren light machine gun, hence the name 'Bren Gun Carrier'. This name would stick with the Universal Carrier and all of its future variants. This book details the Carrier, which was employed in a number of roles including carrying ammunition and towing anti-aircraft guns and trailers. All Allies used the Universal Carrier extensively during practically every World War II campaign. By the war's end, the Universal Carrier had proved itself to be an invaluable and successful cross-country vehicle that was both agile and fast for its time.

Author : David Fletcher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780967411
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Carrier 1936–48 written by David Fletcher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Universal Carrier was a fast, lightly armed vehicle developed by the British Army to carry infantry across ground defended by small-arms fire, specifically the Bren light machine gun, hence the name 'Bren Gun Carrier'. This name would stick with the Universal Carrier and all of its future variants. This book details the Carrier, which was employed in a number of roles including carrying ammunition and towing anti-aircraft guns and trailers. All Allies used the Universal Carrier extensively during practically every World War II campaign. By the war's end, the Universal Carrier had proved itself to be an invaluable and successful cross-country vehicle that was both agile and fast for its time.

Author : Merriam Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781329627741
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal and Bren Gun Carrier written by Merriam Press and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier and sometimes simply the Bren Carrier from the light machine gun armament, is a common name describing a family of light armored tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrongs and other companies. The first carriers - the Bren Carrier and the Scout Carrier with specific roles - entered service before the war, but a single improved design that could replace these, the Universal, was introduced in 1940. The vehicle was used widely by British Commonwealth forces during the Second World War. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as machine gun platforms. With some 113,000 built by 1960 in the United Kingdom and abroad, it is the most produced armored fighting vehicle in history. Contents: (1) Universal and Bren Carrier: British Light Armored Tracked Vehicle (2) "Gas!" A Bren Carrier Crew's Experience (3) T-16 Carrier: Ford's Improvements to the Universal Carrier. This volume provides a history and data on the variety of carriers, illustrated with 487 photos and illustrations, 2 drawings. A Merriam Press World War II History.

Author : Neil Grant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782000844
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bren Gun written by Neil Grant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopted in 1938 and remaining in British service until 1991, the popular and reliable Bren was an iconic light machine gun, and arguably the most recognizable Commonwealth weapon of World War ll. Gas-operated and magazine-fed, it was based on a Czech design and was issued in large numbers during and after World War ll, as a section-level automatic weapon. Offering remarkable accuracy for an LMG, the Bren had an effective range of 600 yards, but could reach out to over 1,500 yards. It was generally fired from the prone position using a bipod, but could be fired from the hip when necessary. If kept clean, the Bren gave a reliable service in the harshest of environments, from the deserts of Libya to the Korean mountains in winter. As well as widespread infantry use, the Bren was widely supplied to resistance movements in Occupied Europe. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and based on meticulous research, this is an engaging story of the iconic light machine gun that equipped British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and in a host of postwar conflicts, right up to the Falklands and beyond.

Author : Nigel Watson
Publisher : Nicholson
ISBN 13 : 9780955600906
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Carriers written by Nigel Watson and published by Nicholson. This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Drohan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472826906
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imjin River 1951 written by Brian Drohan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After China's November 1950 intervention in the war and the subsequent battle of the Chosin Reservoir, UN forces faced a new onslaught in the spring of 1951 with over 350,000 veteran troops attacking along the Imjin River. The US 3rd Infantry Division took the brunt of the attack along with the attached British 29th Infantry Brigade which included the Gloucestershire Regiment (the “Glosters”). The heroic defence of the American and British forces would pass into legend, most especially the doomed effort of the Glosters, as they sought to buy time for the rest of the UN forces to regroup and organise an effective defence of Seoul, the South Korean capital city. Featuring full colour commissioned artwork, maps and first-hand accounts, this is the compelling story of one of the most epic clashes of the Korean War.

Author : Steven D. Mercatante
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Germany Nearly Won written by Steven D. Mercatante and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a unique perspective for understanding how and why the Second World War in Europe ended as it did—and why Germany, in attacking the Soviet Union, came far closer to winning the war than is often perceived. Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe challenges this conventional wisdom in highlighting how the re-establishment of the traditional German art of war—updated to accommodate new weapons systems—paved the way for Germany to forge a considerable military edge over its much larger potential rivals by playing to its qualitative strengths as a continental power. Ironically, these methodologies also created and exacerbated internal contradictions that undermined the same war machine and left it vulnerable to enemies with the capacity to adapt and build on potent military traditions of their own. The book begins by examining topics such as the methods by which the German economy and military prepared for war, the German military establishment's formidable strengths, and its weaknesses. The book then takes an entirely new perspective on explaining the Second World War in Europe. It demonstrates how Germany, through its invasion of the Soviet Union, came within a whisker of cementing a European-based empire that would have allowed the Third Reich to challenge the Anglo-American alliance for global hegemony—an outcome that by commonly cited measures of military potential Germany never should have had even a remote chance of accomplishing. The book's last section explores the final year of the war and addresses how Germany was able to hang on against the world's most powerful nations working in concert to engineer its defeat.

Author : T. Robert Fowler
Publisher : GeneralStore PublishingHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781896182155
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Valour in the Victory Campaign written by T. Robert Fowler and published by GeneralStore PublishingHouse. This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915834
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward Combined Arms Warfare written by Jonathan Mallory House and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1985 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: