Bren or BAR.

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by 4th wilts, Oct 28, 2007.

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Bren or B.A.R. ?

  1. Bren Gun

    14 vote(s)
    15.7%
  2. Browning Automatic Rifle

    75 vote(s)
    84.3%
  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Checked now. (It helps when there's nobody about to laugh at you...)
    Cocking lever seems fine.
    Sights rather awkward. Possible, maybe, but you may well endanger your collar bone if even a little higher than prone.
     
  2. redtop

    redtop Well-Known Member

    Mat
    No need to apologize.
    I often miss the point, its an age thing
    Bryan
     
  3. idler

    idler GeneralList

    No photos, then?

    I'd sort of assumed sights being replicated on the right hand side of the body, rather than trying to look round the mag.
     
  4. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Aye left-handedness wasn't tolerated much let alone encouraged by mass conversion of any gear to suit. Maybe southpaws were fine in boxing but I imagine most lefties were so routinely obliged or coerced into adopting right-handedness for any bit of equipment, domestic or otherwise, that it wasn't much of an issue for those making decisions.



    Left handed soldiers?
     
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  5. gpo son

    gpo son Senior Member

    I imagine your collar bone would not be the only thing endangered if a little higher than prone...but there were no lefties in the Kings army...imo
     
  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    I agree.
    Just checking after Dave's thought, and I imagine sometimes people might want to fire from left of cover.
     
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  7. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

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  8. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    The chap on the left seems to have forgotten something...
     
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  9. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

     
  10. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    Indeed. I have noticed in more than a few "posed" Bren photos where the magazine was omitted.
     
  11. Sheldrake

    Sheldrake All over the place....

    The post War School of Infantry took the few that a trained soldier should be capable of taking up a fire position on either shoulder. If you are advancing down both sides of a street or among trees, half of the available cover is on each shoulder. Drummed into a generation of British soldiers facing the prospect of Northern Ireland

    (It then changed its mind when SA 80- was introduced)
     
  12. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    The Bren was the best gun that i have fired.
    Photo is of a cammo bren that the british army tried out in ww2. only a few were made.
    show photos 2.JPG
     
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  13. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Noel Coward - Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun?


     
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  14. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Aren't the Bren and BAR really just playing for second place after the Chauchat? ;)

    All kidding aside, how did the Chauchat ever make it into production? France was producing some very good weapons, engines, airplanes, etc so what happened? The long recoil system it used was invented by the great John Browning Was it a poor design, poor manufacturing, or a combination of both? And was it really as awful as it is reputed to be? The 30:06 version seems to have been the worst due to faulty chamber finishing.

    Chauchat - Wikipedia
     
  15. idler

    idler GeneralList

    Sounds like an entry for Cannes: 'The Chauchat Redemption'
     

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