We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:06:27 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Official US Army photo. In this case, a soldier with the National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade, with the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq. For those with the bandwidth or inclination, a hi-res version is here. Then, a nice surprise in my inbox... more pictures from people with Cool Toys™! For another view from a different angle, click here. Thanks, Chris!... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:38:22 -0600 I used to drive a Windsor Carrier with the British Army in Palestine, 1947,48. The Carrier you show here is similar, guess it looks like a T16. Had a Ford V8 Mercury engine, and could go better than 45 mph, http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-8481 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-8481 Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:13:22 -0600 And John, as ever, wins the prize! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7130 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7130 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 05:59:15 -0600 I want one! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7119 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7119 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:14:48 -0600 http://www.mapleleafup.org/vehicles/carriers/uc.html And the T16: http://www.mapleleafup.org/vehicles/carriers/t16.html Cheers JMH]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7115 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7115 Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:24:00 -0600 It was called the Bren Carrier because it was generally armed with a Bren; its proper name was the Universal Carrier. Cheers JMH http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7114 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7114 Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:11:51 -0600 They didn't cheat, T. Vehicles involved in the Normandy invasion and beyond had stars on them - everybody knows the flyboys are weak on target id of ground targets while zooming about. This'll check if the Instapilot is checking comments or not... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7108 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7108 Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:49:11 -0600 On second thought (and third look) the suspension looks right 1930s Vickersish, and yup, I was fooled, I now say Bren Carrier. Sneaky painting it to look American, taking advantage of our... better stop digging now. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7105 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7105 Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:19:58 -0600 Naw, it's a Weasel. (1st choice) 2nd choice, it's one of the many and various APCs that were tried in the 50s before we settled on the M113. Which reminds me: I spoke to an old soldier, some time ago, who said that the aluminum armor on the 113 would not even stop a .30 cal rifle bullet. Is that true? Whatever, glad to see Gun Pr0n again! (All that political talk is bad for one's liver, if one has uh, tendencies) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7104 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7104 Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:08:33 -0600 That tracked vehicle is a bren carrier isn't it? I read somewhere that a bunch of soldiers from the Prairies rigged quite a number of them up with heavy machine guns on D-Day plus 2 or 3 and dove into the SS and Hitler Youth they faced making havoc behind the lines for a few days like something out of the Odyssey. It turns out now that they were so effective that if the operation was not called off battle for Caen might have ended a lot sooner. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7093 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/while_rough_men_stand_ready.html#comment-7093 Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:08:20 -0600