Oxford Tracked Carrier

The Oxford Tracked Carrier ("Carrier, Tracked, CT20") was an early post-World War Two British armoured personnel carrier (APC) and artillery tractor.

Oxford carrier
An Oxford Carrier towing jeeps
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Service history
Used byUK
Production history
ManufacturerMorris Ltd
Specifications
Mass7.849 long tons (7.975 t)
Length14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Width7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Crew3
EngineCadillac V8 petrol, 5,671 cc
110 bhp (82 kW) at 3,200 rpm
Operational
range
125 mi (201 km)
Maximum speed 31 mph (50 km/h)
ReferencesHogg & Weeks[1]

Use

The Oxford was substantially larger - weighing in at 6 tons - than the 3-ton Universal Carrier it was designed to replace. It saw service in the Korean War, both as a tractor for the 17 pdr anti-tank gun and as an APC. Several versions of the carrier (CT21-35R, CT23-26) are listed in Chamberlain and Ellis (1973).[2][3][4][5]

A surviving Oxford Carrier is on display next to other wrecked US, British and other UN combat vehicles in North Korea's Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in its capital of Pyongyang.

References
  1. Hogg, Ian V.; Weeks, John (1980). The illustrated encyclopedia of military vehicles. London: New Burlington Books. pp. 199–200. ISBN 0-90628-675-1.
  2. Hogg, Ian V., and John S. Weeks. (1980). The illustrated encyclopedia of military vehicles. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
  3. Suttie, William. (2015). The Tank Factory British Military Vehicle Development and the Chobham Establishment. New York: The History Press.
  4. Chamberlain, Peter, and Chris Ellis. (1973). Making tracks; British carrier story, 1914 to 1972. Windsor: Profile Publications.
  5. Mackenzie, S. P. (2013). The Imjin and Kapyong battles, Korea, 1951. Bloomington: Indiana University Press
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