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Anti-aircraft leg for Mk1 Bren Tripod
Im looking for one or both pieces of the anti-aircraft two-piece leg for the Mk1 Bren tripod. If you have some orphaned pieces available, please let me know.
Each piece is 26” to 28” long.
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One of the early AA manuals (I think it was 1941) instructed that those legs were to be thrown away. Trying to run around a stand shooting at an aircraft was too slow. Instead, the gun was merely shot from the hip in a hosepipe method.
Peter Laidler, a very experienced armourer from the UK, also speaks to the folly of taking on an aircraft that sports 20mm aircraft with a .303 LMG. Good luck in your search...those are not easy pieces to find. Personally I am searching for the elevating mechanism for the tripod. I picked up a mk2 CCM made, Cdn marked tripod but it has no T&E nor the stops. |
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Using the SMLE as the leg looks way cooler!
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It’s hard to argue those points Rob. I guess the leg for my tripod was one of the ones that got thrown away per the orders!
Harry, you are absolutely right! Unfortunately I don’t have an SMLE either.
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