Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)

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Kangaroo
A Priest Kangaroo of 209th Self-Propelled Battery, Royal Artillery, transports infantry of 78th Division near Conselice, Italy, 13 April 1945.
Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin	Canada
Service history
In service	1943–1945
Production history
Designer	Guy Simonds
Designed	1944
Variants	Ram Kangaroo Priest Kangaroo Churchill Kangaroo Kangaroo Badger flame tank
Specifications
Crew	2 + 8 to 10 passengers, often more
Main armament	1 × .50 cal MG (Early models) 1 × .30 cal MG (Later models) (Pintle mount)
Secondary armament	1 × .30 cal MG (Bow or cupola MG depending on model) Flamethrower (Kangaroo Badger: Replaced cupola MG)

A Kangaroo was a Canadian armoured personnel carrier (APC) during the Second World War which was created by converting a tank chassis. Kangaroos were created as an expedient measure "in the field" by the Canadian Army, and were so successful that they were used by other Commonwealth forces, including the British Army.

Their ability to manoeuvre in the field with tanks was a major advantage over earlier designs, and led to the dedicated APC designs that were introduced by almost all armies immediately after the war.