Portee
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A portee is a truck that carries a gun on its bed that has three characteristics:
- the gun is not permanently affixed to the vehicle
- the gun can be quickly unloaded
- the gun can fired from the truck.
While the term portee can be used to denote any truck carrying a gun on its bed, it is most often used to describe the portees used by the British/Commonwealth forces in the North African Campaign of World War II.
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[edit] Variants
[edit] 2 pounder (40mm) anti-tank gun portee
A 2 pounder anti-tank gun mounted on a Morris 15 cwt truck or a Bedford QLT 3-ton lorry.
[edit] 6 pounder (57mm) anti-tank gun portee
A 6 pounder anti-tank gun mounted on a Bedford QLT 3-ton lorry.
[edit] 20 mm anti-aircraft portee
A 20 mm anti-aircraft gun mounted on a Morris 15 cwt truck.
[edit] Notable Actions
[edit] Sidi Rezegh
On 21 November 1941 at Sidi Rezegh, Libya Second Lieutenant Gunn destroyed 2 German tanks while fighting from a burning 2 pounder portee. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his valour in this action.
[edit] See also
| British unarmoured vehicles of World War II |
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| Artillery tractors |
| AEC Matador | Morris C8 Quad | Scammell Pioneer Canadian Military Pattern |
| Trucks and lorries |
| Bedford QLD | Austin K2 | Morris 15 cwt |
| Tank transporters |
| Diamond T tank transporter | Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer |
| Armoured fighting vehicles |
| British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II |
