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UHU

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The Uhu (SdKfz 251/20) was a German half-track of the Second World War developed for use on the Eastern Front to provide illumination for night attacks for the panzer units. The Uhu was a variant of the SdKfz 251 manned by a crew of four, unarmed and carried an infrared searchlight.
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UNIVERSAL CARRIER

The Universal Carrier was a British small armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War first produced in 1940 as a development of the Bren Carrier. The Universal Carrier incorporated modification kits to allow variations to be produced quickly and cheaply. Almost identical to the Bren Carrier, the
Universal Carrier was generally known as a 'Bren Carrier'.
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UR-416

The UR-416 was a West German four-wheeled armoured personnel carrier developed during the 1960s from the civilian Unimog vehicle. The UR-416 was manned by a crew of two and carried eight passengers protected by 9 mm thick armour and armed with a 7.62 mm machine-gun. A Daimler-Benz OM 352 six- cylinder diesel engine provided a top speed of 85 kmh and a range of 700 km. Exported models are widely used in riot-control duties, being fitted with public address systems.
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