Oxford Tracked Carrier

Oxford carrier

An Oxford Carrier towing jeeps

Place of origin| United Kingdom
Service history
Used by| UK
Production history
Manufacturer| Morris Ltd
Specifications
Mass| 7.849 long tons (7.975 t)
Length| 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Width| 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Height| 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Crew| 3

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Engine| Cadillac V8 petrol, 5,671 cc
110 bhp (82 kW) at 3,200 rpm

Operational
range

| 125 mi (201 km)
Speed| 31 mph (50 km/h)

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

## Contents

* 1 Use
* 2 Further development
* 3 Survivors
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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).[1][2][3][4]

## Further development

An improved version of the carrier known as the Cambridge Carrier was produced but never got beyond prototype stage.[5][6]

## Survivors

An Oxford Carrier is held in the collection of The Tank Museum.[7] The carrier in question was used to trial hydraulic steering and the system is still fitted to it.[8]

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., and John S. Weeks. (1980). The illustrated encyclopedia of military vehicles. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
2. ↑ Suttie, William. (2015). The Tank Factory British Military Vehicle Development and the Chobham Establishment. New York: The History Press.
3. ↑ Chamberlain, Peter, and Chris Ellis. (1973). Making tracks; British carrier story, 1914 to 1972. Windsor: Profile Publications.
4. ↑ Mackenzie, S. P. (2013). The Imjin and Kapyong battles, Korea, 1951. Bloomington: Indiana University Press
5. ↑ David Fletcher (16 April 2021). Tank Chats #123 Oxford and Cambridge Carriers (Video). The Tank Museum. Event occurs at 4:10-4:24. Retrieved 19 September 2021 - via YouTube.
6. ↑ "Cambridge armoured personnel carrier, Devon and Dorset Regiment, 1960 (c)". National Army Museum. https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1992-10-144-349.
7. ↑ David Fletcher (16 April 2021). Tank Chats #123 Oxford and Cambridge Carriers (Video). The Tank Museum. Event occurs at 3:02. Retrieved 19 September 2021 - via YouTube.
8. ↑ David Fletcher (16 April 2021). Tank Chats #123 Oxford and Cambridge Carriers (Video). The Tank Museum. Event occurs at 3:08. Retrieved 19 September 2021 - via YouTube.

## External links

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