British Universal Carrier

The Bren (or more accurately �universal�) carrier is possibly unique in all the armies of WW2. A small light weight armoured troop transport capable of carrying up to 6 men, it was used on every front the Commonwealth armies fought on � and even by the Russians via lease-lend and the Germans via captured examples! Their primary role was not recce as many think but simply as a transport to get troops right up to the fighting � and, if needs be, to fight from the carrier itself. Other roles included weapon carrier (3� mortar and Vickers medium machine gun) and towing AT guns as well as artillery observation vehicles.\r\n\r\nEvery Commonwealth infantry battalion had a carrier platoon of 4 sections of 3 carriers each. The motor battalions of the Armoured divisions used them in platoons of 3 sections. In both cases 2 carriers formed the HQ component. In addition every infantry company had a carrier at HQ simply as the CO�s runabout! Even the Parachute battalions had two each carried by glider! In short � carriers were everywhere!\r\n\r\nContains:\r\n\r\nTwo Universal Carriers\r\nTwo British drivers\r\nStowage such as weapons, headlight, boxes, etc to customise your Carrier\r\n\r\nNote: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Plastic Componenets