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BEING TURNED OUT IN A NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOPS IS THE ARMOURED, UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE BREN GUN CARRIER THAT SUPERSEDED THE ARMOURED CAR. THE UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER CAN MOUNT A TWO POUND ANTI TANK GUN IN PLACE OF THE BREN OR VICKERS MACHINE GUN, AND CARRY UNMOUNTED BRENS AT THE SAME TIME. AFTER THESE WORKMEN AT VICTORIAN RAILWAYS WORKSHOP HAVE COMPLETED A MULTITUDE OF JOBS, THE ARMOURED UNIVERSAL CARRIER WILL BE READY TO BE FITTED WITH ITS CATERPILLAR TRACKS. A BOGEY READY FOR FITTING IS IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. (PHOTOGRAPHER GEORGE SILK)
BEING TURNED OUT IN A NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOPS IS THE ARMOURED, UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE BREN GUN CARRIER THAT SUPERSEDED THE ARMOURED CAR. THE UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER CAN MOUN
BEING TURNED OUT IN A NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOPS IS THE ARMOURED, UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE BREN GUN CARRIER THAT SUPERSEDED THE ARMOURED CAR. THE UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER CAN MOUN
BEING TURNED OUT IN A NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOPS IS THE ARMOURED, UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE BREN GUN CARRIER THAT SUPERSEDED THE ARMOURED CAR. THE UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER CAN MOUN
BEING TURNED OUT IN A NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOPS IS THE ARMOURED, UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE BREN GUN CARRIER THAT SUPERSEDED THE ARMOURED CAR. THE UNIVERSAL GUN CARRIER CAN MOUN
A workman on the assembly line during the manufacture of armoured universal gun carriers at the Victorian Railways Workshops.
Townsville, Qld. September 1942. Infantry troops dismount from a Universal Gun Carrier (Bren Gun carrier in Australia), ready to go into action during manoeuvres by an Australian Armoured Division.
