Universal Carrier Photographs | World War II Database


Damaged military universal carrier and civilian vehicles near the docks of Calais, France, May 1940	Destroyed British universal carrier and QF 2 pounder anti-tank gun in Calais, France, May 1940

Universal Carrier Mk I of UK Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry at Sussex Downs in southern England, United Kingdom, 18 Oct 1940	Universal Carrier Mk 1 of Australian 6th Division Cavalry in North Africa, Feb 1941; note Boys anti-tank rifle and a radio set on the Universal Carrier

A 2-inch mortar being fired from a Universal Carrier in Britain, 10 May 1943	Allied Forces come ashore during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943. Note the Universal Carrier.

Captured British Universal Carrier pressed into German service to transport Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust weapons, Italy, 1944	Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in a Jeep at the Meaford Armoured Fighting Vehicle Range, Meaford, Ontario, Canada, 1944. Note the visors over the Jeep’s headlights and the universal carrier in the background.

Universal Carrier and crew of UK 2nd Sherwood Foresters regiment, Anzio, Italy, Apr 1944; note 2-inch mortar	British Universal Carriers with deep wading screens and a Churchill AVRE tank passing through La Breche, France, 6 Jun 1944

Universal carriers of British 50th Division waded ashore from landing craft on Gold Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Hamilcar glider loaded with an Universal Carrier, date unknown

A heavily loaded Universal carrier during the advance of the British 3rd Division, the Netherlands, 19 Sep 1944	Men of 158 Brigade, UK 53rd (Welsh) Division escorting German prisoners, the Netherlands, 19 Sep 1944; note Universal Carrier leading the column

Universal carriers of British 1/5th Queen's Regiment, 7th Armored Division, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945