Drawing required for bren mount for carrier

darron swift · #1 11-08-08, 09:24

Hi

Does anyone have a drawing for the mount, that mounts a bren to LP2A carrier?

Anything appreciated.

Thanks Darron

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #2 12-08-08, 05:34

Hi Darron - hopefully the attached images will help. Perhaps you should consider buying my photocopies of Carrier manuals. Details are in For Sale Or Trade.

Bob

Tony Smith · #3 12-08-08, 12:56

Some Pics:

peter simundson · #4 13-08-08, 01:01

useful device. Why the hell didn't the Canadian Design Board think of something like this instead of that stupid rubber strap to hold the Gun down.
?????????
OK Bruce (Parker of course)...tackle this question.

Peter S

Lynn Eades · #5 13-08-08, 07:18

So what did/does the Canadian mount look like? ...and what did the Brits use?

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #6 29-09-13, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter simundson

useful device. Why the hell didn't the Canadian Design Board think of something like this instead of that stupid rubber strap to hold the Gun down.
?????????
OK Bruce (Parker of course)...tackle this question.

Peter S

Because our DND at the time (and probably today too) were cheap b@stards. Not to say they didn't charge full price though.

kevin powles · #7 30-09-13, 01:42

Lynn, not seen the t16 mount used in universal carrier, saying I have seen the Aussi mount in British carriers, seen a photo also of Aussi mount being used in a universal full sided carrier, will try and find it. I have access to one in the UK to copy next week.

kev.

darron swift · #8 13-08-08, 10:19

Thanks guys for the drawing and pictures much appreciated.

Darron

pzrwest · #9 15-05-09, 16:21

Does anyone have a clear picture showing how the bren gun was attached to this mount? Thank you in advance

Rob Beale · #10 15-05-09, 23:52

The Bren is held by the front mount pin under the gas cylinder, and by friction at the rear of the mount, where a spring steel piece grips the receiver.

The mount hangs inside the front plate, to the right of the firing slot when not in use, or if a Vickers is fitted.
Rob

Brent
I think the Canadian mount is similar to the small cast mount that you see inside the front plate of a mid production LP2A as shown in Jeff Plowman's first NZ Armour book. There was a 'U' shaped piece of steel bolted inside the firing slot to narrow the opening for the Bren.
Rob

Tony Smith · #11 16-05-09, 05:55

I'm not an expert at Photoshop, but this shows the relative position of the mount to the Gun.

m606paz · #12 28-09-13, 02:52

Hi Fellows

This cradle is the same to use in a Carrier T16?

Thanks in advance!

Regards

horsa · #13 30-09-13, 03:20

We talked about some of these mounts on my restoration thread linked below. Scroll down to the Carrier Candy section on page five and message 150 has measurements of the Bren mount which fits into the cast sockets used with the pogo sticks.

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...?t=9136&page=5

I've seen the curved goose neck type mount in Jordan's photo somewhere else. Will see if I can dig it pics. Seems like it was on very early modified jeeps that the British airborne first had when they were still in the "show off" public relations mode prior to anything being done operational. Circa early 1942.

m606paz · #14 02-10-13, 03:55

Thank you David!

IWM pics

Carrier Bren, No 2, Mk I

Men of a territorial battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) on an exercise in their Bren gun carriers in the UK, 1939.

Michael R. · #15 02-10-13, 06:44

HMH 209 with tracks reversed. HMH 241 was sent to Ford-Windsor as the sample for production of the U.C. MKI*.

kevin powles · #16 02-10-13, 19:27

Gents, Mount in use, The driver of a Bren gun carrier of 51st Highland Division, June 1940.

kevin.