"Universal Carriers in the Early Cold War - RR Carriers?" Topic
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| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 12 Jun 2015 11:45 a.m. PST |
Universal carriers soldiered on in the arsenals of a number of nations post-War II. And there is at least one picture on the internet of an Argentinian carrier mounting a recoilless rifle. Can anyone provide any more concrete reference, especially for Commonwealth nations, regarding the use of universal carriers to mount RRs (or indeed any other anti-tank weapon)?
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| Mako11 | 12 Jun 2015 2:44 p.m. PST |
Sorry, can't provide any "concrete" info, other than to say the West Germans used them for a while, after WWII, before they got better rides. |
| Mako11 | 13 Jun 2015 10:29 a.m. PST |
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| catavar | 13 Jun 2015 12:40 p.m. PST |
Not sure this helps, but the French used them in Vietnam. I doubt they were equiped with RCL's, but they did put them on other vehicles. They up-armored & up-gunned every vehicle they could so you never know. |
| Mako11 | 13 Jun 2015 9:49 p.m. PST |
I wouldn't be surprised to see them carrying those, and the early wire-guided ATGMs too. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 14 Jun 2015 5:39 a.m. PST |
From the end of WWII to the early 50's seems to be a bit of black hole as far information on the internet goes. The Canadian's appear to have used Oxford Carriers as a tow for the BAT. The closest I've got to Universal Carriers with ATGM is IDF M3's sporting SS10's. Interesting for the pic of the 6-barrelled RR mounted on a T16 and the little snippet that post WWII Argentina appears to have purchased second hand AFVs for 20c/kg – not sure what military surplus you'd get to day for that price!
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