Oxford Tracked Carrier
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The Oxford Tracked Carrier ((Carrier, Tracked, CT20)) was an early post world war two British armoured personnel carrier (APC) and artillery tractor.The Oxford was substantially larger - 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 and as an APC. Several versions of the carrier (CT21-35R, CT23-26) are listed in Chamberlain and Ellis (1973).[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ Hogg, Ian V., and John S. Weeks. (1980). The illustrated encyclopedia of military vehicles. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
- ^ Suttie, William. (2015). The Tank Factory British Military Vehicle Development and the Chobham Establishment. New York: The History Press.
- ^ Chamberlain, Peter, and Chris Ellis. (1973). Making tracks; British carrier story, 1914 to 1972. Windsor: Profile Publications.
- ^ Mackenzie, S. P. (2013). The Imjin and Kapyong battles, Korea, 1951. Bloomington: Indiana University Press