Bren guns on post war jeeps

[malcolm erik bogaert]

any of the UN troops I saw fielded the converted Bren known as the LMG 7.62 always refered to as the Bren hope this clarifies the matter for you best regards malcolm

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by malcolm erik bogaert

any of the UN troops I saw fielded the converted Bren known as the LMG 7.62 always refered to as the Bren hope this clarifies the matter for you best regards malcolm

Unlike the old Lee Enfield actions, the Bren was plenty strong enough to handle the extra pressure of the 7.62mm cartridge. For that matter, I never truly understood why we didn't field our 7.92mm Brens, to compliment the Besas used in English tanks??

[malcolm erik bogaert]

Jiff the way I understand it is our Nato partners voted for 7.62....regards malcolm

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by malcolm erik bogaert

Jiff the way I understand it is our Nato partners voted for 7.62....regards malcolm

Actually Malcolm, I meant in WW2, pre-NATO...

[malcolm erik bogaert]

Roger that Jiff however will have to take you to task on your comments.ref enfield rifle not being up to taking 7.62 rounds...in fact we had a rifle(SNIPER) and I think it was called a Fulton Conversion...anyways we had them on strength in our Sqn...best regards malcolm

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by malcolm erik bogaert

Roger that Jiff however will have to take you to task on your comments.ref enfield rifle not being up to taking 7.62 rounds...in fact we had a rifle(SNIPER) and I think it was called a Fulton Conversion...anyways we had them on strength in our Sqn...best regards malcolm

The Lee Enfields would take 7.62mm conversions all right, but the trouble was that the excess pressure would stretch the receivers over time, leading to all sorts of headspace problems. The rifle was the fastest and most reliable bolt action in the world until conversion... but it was of course made moot by the introduction of the excellent FAL series of rifles (L1A1, C1A1 etc), so just as well. Nowadays our snipers use Mauser-based actions with even more powerful rounds than the "old" 7.62.

Ref the Bren, I was referring to the excellent 7.92mm Bren we manufactured over here for export (primarily to China). They were very good weapons and would have complimented the 7.92 Besas our British-based armour carried.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball

Nowadays our snipers use Mauser-based actions with even more powerful rounds than the "old" 7.62

We actually presently employ two types of Sniper rifle:

- C3A1 Sniper Rifle
- Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW)

The ammunition used in the C3A1 Sniper Rifle is 7.62mm x 51mm NATO Match Ball
The ammunition used in the LRSW is Amax .50 cal Match Ball



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