通用载体T-16 - 照片和视频

照片库的 通用承运商T-16, The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier from the light machine gun armament, is a common name describing a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrong 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 armoured fighting vehicle in history

变体T-16： The Carrier, Universal, T16, Mark I. was a significantly improved vehicle based upon those built by Ford of Canada, manufactured under Lend Lease by Ford in the United States from March 1943 to 1945. It was longer than the Universal with an extra road wheel on the rear bogie, the engine was a Ford Mercury delivering the same power. Instead of the steering wheel controlling the combination brake/warp mechanism, the T-16 had track-brake steering operated by levers (two for each side). During the war, it was chiefly used by Canadian forces as an artillery tractor. After the war, was used by Argentine, Swiss (300) and Netherlands forces.

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这 通用承运商T-16 是福特在美国开发的轻型装甲车，是英国通用航母的改进版。它在二战期间主要被加拿大军队用作火炮拖拉机，但也用作运兵车、机枪平台或迫击炮运载车。T-16 有 3 名机组人员，最多可搭载 5 名乘客。它由福特 V8 发动机提供动力，最高时速为 51 公里/小时，续航里程为 256 公里。
这 T-16 拥有前置布伦轻机枪或男孩反坦克步枪，还可以安装维克斯机枪、M2 勃朗宁机枪或 2 英寸或 3 英寸迫击炮。T-16 有一个矩形的后部，比以前的通用航母型号为机组人员和货物提供了更多的空间。T-16 有 7 到 12 毫米的薄装甲，可以保护它免受轻武器火力和弹片的伤害。T-16 于 1943 年 3 月至 1945 年生产，共生产了约 13,000 辆。T-16 是一种多功能且可靠的车辆，在战争期间为盟军提供支持发挥了重要作用。