Lakemann Bren Mount Help

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Bruce Parker
I am looking for any information or photo's of the Bren 'Lakemann' mount

Bruce, the correct spelling is "Lakeman". David Fletcher of the Tank Museum wrote: "Tom Lakeman was a Royal Tank Regiment officer, slightly mad according to people who knew him, who devised all kinds of strange machine-gun mountings. We have a large collection of photographs of Lakeman machine-gun mounts but they are all slightly different. The principle was a balance of arms and springs, like an office desk lamp, the idea being to reduce the weight of the weapon when used against aircraft. In practice they were usually more trouble than they were worth and most soldiers hated them and tried to throw them away at the first opportunity."

Here's a couple of pics:


Source: http://www.mindspring.com/~rmgill/br....mod/index.htm

HTH,
Hanno