Did Canadian tank regiments use Bren Carriers at all during WWII?

John

just have a look at www.canadiansoldiers.com!

Thanks.
Am building Tamiya's Bren Carrier, and had some spare Three Rivers' transfers. I can see from the link that they didn't do this. I guess I'll make a British one instead.

John

If you're working with the Three Rivers Regiment, it appears that they used 10 Universal Carriers in Sicily.
Don Dingwall's book on Canadian armour in the Italian Campaign shows the TRR had 10 carriers on strength at RHQ in early June 1943. His organizational tables show them being replaced by Stuart (Honey) tanks later, but I don't see a date.
This narrative refers to carriers in connection with the armour in the early stages of the battle in Sicily:
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/cmhq/cmhq135.PDF
That said, I haven't so far seen any images of carriers from the TRR in Sicily. They would be part of Regimental HQ, so would carry a diamond-shaped squadron marking in yellow.
There's also the issue of which Mark carrier they were using. But that's another issue.
Hope this helps.
Bill Inglee

I certainly would assume so. I know my dad modelled several with Canadian markings on them, I think they represented both WW2, and Korean War era vehicles.