Carrier Armour Extensions

[Michael R.]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

I am not at all sure of the history of this photo that turned up on Facebook, however, can anyone determine what series of Universal Carrier this is and if the attached armour extensions with long pins to secure them was an official conversion, or something that was likely a field expedient modification?
David

The incorrectly labeled Archives Canada sourced image was taken about 04 June, 1944 in UK during final preparation for Operation Neptune. The universal carrier was an obsolete Canadian MK-1* that has been updated in UK to MK-II. The update program accepted carriers with minimum condition status scores of 75%.