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Bren guns, anyone?
This is from a 1941 magazine. I wonder whether it was taken at the Lithgow Small Arms factory?
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Bren Guns
Wow! I lost count after two dozen!
Wonder how many bren gunners out there would give up certain portion(s) of their anatomy for one of those Bren Chests?
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It's gotta be Lithgow... note the fellow in the background with one of your fine SMLEs (I used to own one!).
Give my eye teeth for one of those brand new Mk.1 Brens with spare barrel and chest...
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Bren Question
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I notice each of the guns in the row on the floor has a spare barrel placed beside it. When these guns were issued, was a spare included? If so, was it always kept as a 'spare' or were the two barrels rotated ? Steve
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At the local scrap yard, there is a pile of hundreds of these chests, stencilled for all the different marks of Bren. They have sat there for so long, they are now rotting away, and a part of the pile has acually collapsed under it's own weight. The part of that picture that makes the saliva run is all those mk1 buttstraps and handles. |
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1. Two barrels issued with each gun 2. Barrels rotated after firing max 200 rounds 3. Chests only used when stored or transported Myself I had as a L/Cpl a 6,5 mm m/21 (top picture) in 1960. This is a modified US Army M 1918. My gun was made by Colt Firearms Inc; Hartford, Conn 1918 (One of the 500 bought from USA together with the license rights). In 1963 my unit instead got m/37 (lower picture) but by then I was Quartermaster Sergeant and not a LMG gunner.
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It is not uncommon to find 3 or 4 serial numbers on barrels, with the earlier ones barred or XXX'd out. This procedure is still used today with may of the quick change barrel MGs in Cdn service, including the newest version of the .50 cal. |
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