British Mech infantry Service Dates and vehicles

[chuckfourth]

Hi All
From this site
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...en_carrier.htm
we have
"There next followed the Carrier, Cavalry MkI, which was developed to carry six men who sat on either side of the rear compartments facing the engine. This was not a popular vehicle as its occupants were not protected from enemy fire."
From this site
http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/bren.html
we have
"Carrier, Cavalry, No 1. This carrier was intended to transport the dismounted personnel of cavalry light tank regiments. In addition to its two crew it could carry six men in the rear. A framework of hoops to support a canvas hood was fitted to protect the passengers from the weather. Only 50 were built."
"All of these models (Carrier, Cavalry, No 1) were in use from 1938-40, and many were lost when the BEF was driven from France."
"The Loyd can be identified by its four roadwheels, lack of bow machine gun housing and rear mounted engine. There was sufficient room to either side of the engine for personnel to board from the rear."
From this site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyd_Carrier
we have
"The armoured box of the superstructure covered the front and sides but was open to the rear and above but as the Carrier was not expected to function as a fighting vehicle this was not an issue"

So we have a dilema, Currently the British Mech infantry is carried in Loyd carriers problems being,
Loyd carrier has no machine gun in game it has.
Loyd carrier has an open back should be armour rating of 0 in game has 1.
Loyd carrier can carry 8 infantry, in game it carries 10.
Maybe the British Mech infantry was carried in the Carrier, Cavalry, No 1
Which does have a machine gun
Does have an armoured rear
but only carries 6 men.
If the british mech infantry coy should be carried in "Carrier, Cavalry, No 1" not Lloyd carriers, then this formation should cease to exist in May 40 and armoured Mech Infantry shouldnt reappear until the advent of the M3, in the meantime trucks were used.
My suggestion would be that the Lloyd carrier be renamed the Cavalry carrier and be restricted to only carrying 6 men. And that the service dates for this vehicle/formation should be 9/39 to 5/40. I guess there would need to be a clone of the Mech infantry Co created to deal with the new 6 man squads. Using the Lloyd carrier with its current service dates efffectively gives the British armoured infantry in the desert, which they actualy didnt have until the advent of the M3.
I have looked for any references for the cavalry carrier Mech inf coy being used in action and have so far drawn a blank.
Of course I am ignoring the fact that with the 6 soldiers crammed into the vehicle werent fully protected by the vehicles armour, as I guess this would be difficult to model. However this would tend to suggest that the Loyd carrier and probably the "Carrier, Cavalry, No 1" were actually rear area vehicles.
Best regards Chuck