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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
the .30s were far more versatile in all respects.
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Here´s a picture of one, recently auctioned on eBay (
Item number: 6512717056, fetched US $18.49):
A March, 1942 press photo of a Polish Soldier fighting with the Polish Brigade as part of the British Army in North Africa against the German Africa Corp. These Polish soldiers were fighting alongside the British after Poland was invaded and overrun by the German Army in 1939. The soldier in the press photo looks like a very seasoned soldier as he stands in his British Bren armored vehicle holding a large Browning Machine Gun with a long clip of bullets stretching to the machine gun. The front of his helmet has the Polish Eagle. The back of the photo states in part “BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH, WAR OFFICE, PICTURE ISSUED MARCH1942, WITH THE POLISH BRIGADE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. PHOTO SHOWS A POLISH SOLDIER MANNING A BROWNING MACHINE-GUN WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A BREN CARRIER. THESE PICTURES TAKEN AT THE EXTREME FORWARD POSITIONS, SHOW INFANTRY AND ARTILLARY UNITS OF THE POLISH BRIGADE WHO WAS FACING THE GERMANS AND ITALIANS INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO, PINTED IN ENGLAND”.
The back of the photo states:
