ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BREN GUN
After Br( no), now in the Czech Republic, where it was first made and En( field), England, where manufacture was continued.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREN GUN»
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Bren gun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Bren gun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Universal Carrier 1936-48: The '
Bren Gun Carrier' Story
This name would stick with the Universal Carrier and all of its future variants. This book details the Carrier, which was employed in a number of roles including carrying ammunition and towing anti-aircraft guns and trailers.
2
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
The Bren gun is seen here in its original production form with a drum
rearsightand adjustable bipod legs - later versions had these rem ovedand
replaced by simpler components. Magazine The magazine was curved to
accommodate the ...
AA gun, use as 49, 60, 60–62, 63 accessories for Bren gun 58 accuracy 68, 72,
73 aircraft design, advances in 62 ammunition 37, 68 anti-tank tactics 30–32
Arab-Israeli War (1948) 64 assault rifles AK-47 (USSR) 23 EM-2 23, 23, 53 LSW
...
4
Men of Steel: Canadian Paratroopers in Normandy, 1944
FROM THE WEAPON LOCKER Bren Gun The Bren gun refers to a series of light
machine guns (LMG) adopted by the British military and many of the
Commonwealth military forces in 1935. The name Bren was derived from Brno,
the ...
5
Standard Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price ...
Weight is about 12.5 lbs. with scope. Chambered forthe 7.62x51mm NATO round.
Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor 3500 3000 2500 1500 — NOTE: For historical
information and technical details see: Dugelby, The Bren Gun Saga, Collector
Grade ...
6
Standard Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price ...
Beginning in 1943 Canada produced almost 60 percent of the total Bren gun
production for World War II. This amounted to about 186,000 guns produced
during the war. Canada also uses the Browning Model 1919A4, called the C1
machine ...
7
Baseball, Battle, and a Bride: An Okie in World War II
The first armored vehicles we saw were five Australian Bren Gun Carriers, which
some may consider similar to small tanks, except they were open on top,
meaning from the chest up the soldiers inside were completely exposed.
However, Bren ...
8
Because We Are Canadians: A Battlefield Memoir
I could take a Bren gun,shooting from the hip,and cut o¤ an eight-inch tree 500
yards away. One day, someone started a fire in a small woods about 400 yards
away. I put it out by firing at it with a Bren gun. I would have a man on each side
of ...
Charles Disbrowe Kipp, Linda Sykes, 2005
9
How I Won the War: Personal Accounts of World War II
The first morning in Stanco I cleaned a Bren gun. I had been posted to Jimmy
Green's section and this pleased me because we had played rugby together in
South Africa and knew each other well. Jimmy called his men together and asked
if ...
10
Ortona: Canada's Epic World War II Battle
As he set the Bren gun up on its bipod, assumed a prone position, and tucked the
machine gun's butt into his shoulder, a knot of Germans turned a bend inside the
ravine and started creeping toward his hiding spot. Pemberton let them come ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREN GUN»
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Bren gun is used in the context of the following news items.
Police seize private collector's WWII arsenal
The locker contained 8 Lee Enfield rifles, a Bren gun, a Piat, a Thompson, a kar98 rifle, a replica of a M1911 pistol, two MKI hand grenades, ... «NL Times, Jul 15»
Second World War machine guns among items set to be sold by …
A Bren gun used during the Second World War is up for sale at The Auction House in Runcorn on Saturday, July 11. SECOND World War ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
A peek inside the weapons vault– and its all for rent (15 pictures)
... a groovy collection of machine guns to include what looks like a Czech ZB vz.26 to the left (precourser to the venerable WWII-era BREN gun), ... «Guns.com, Jun 15»
The 6 Most Rage Inducing Video Game Moments That Nearly …
Back in the days of COD:UO I was unstoppable with a Bren gun on Arnhem. Now, I'm simply fodder for sugared up kids running around with ... «moviepilot.com, Jun 15»
Bruce Nichol (1927-2014): Hockey-loving veteran lived rich life …
His four-man Bren gun team spent the winter in a fox hole. The biting cold and wet uniforms were the main enemies until the night of April 24, ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»
Schools' vital role in war effort
Our Group Objective for September is one Bren gun costing £50. Try to double it!' Schools played an important role in Second World War fundraising, largely ... «Keighley News, Jun 15»
Ipswich launches events to mark Armed Forces Day ahead of …
He was promoted to Lance Corporal and worked on Bren Gun Carriers whose job was to make contact with the enemy and give fire support to ... «Ipswich Star, Jun 15»
Shilo pays homage to Korean War veterans
Mitchell used his Bren gun to inflict maximum casualties on the enemy and he is largely responsible for repulsing the attack, becoming ... «Brandon Sun, Jun 15»
Bygones: Held for seven days in a small shed with just a few …
During the battle for Malaya and Singapore, we had very little to combat the Japanese; about seven planes, a few Bren gun carriers and no ... «Derby Telegraph, Jun 15»
Kingston nurse finds story of grandmother's old flame who died on D …
That was his last mission. Albert died of bullet wounds on D-Day, clutching his Bren gun. His story has only recently been pieced together by an ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»
