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A portee is a truck that carries a gun on its bed that has three characteristics:


 * It is permanently fixed to the vehicle
 * It can be quickly unloaded
 * It can fired from the truck.

While term portee can be used for any truck caring a gun on its bed. It is most often used for the ones used by the British/Commonwealth forces in the North African Campaign of World War II.

One of the primary cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom during World War II, the Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI Crusader (A15) was perhaps the most important British tank of the North African Campaign. Over 5,300 were built.

2 pound anti-tank gun
A 2 pound gun mounted on a Morris 15 cwt truck or a Bedford QLT 3-ton lorry.

6 pound anti-tank gun
A 6 pound gun mounted on a Bedford QLT 3-ton lorry.

20 mm anti-aircraft gun
A 20mm Anti-aircraft gun mounted on a Morris 15 cwt truck.

Sidi Rezegh
On 21 November 1941 at Sidi Rezegh, Libya Second Lieutenant Gunn destroyed 2 German tanks from a burning 2 pound portee.