RE: <ot>Bren Guns</ot>

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From: Bruce S. R. Lee [mailto:bsrlee@wr.com.au]
Subject: Re: <ot>Bren Guns</ot>

>The Bren was fired from the hip (or anywhere else available) in New
Guinea
>at least as there was often no alternative if you wanted to see & shoot
at
>the enemy. ( take a look at some contemporary photos)

Actually you can fairly easily fire the Bren from the shoulder too.
Accuracy is a bit off but in close quarters, a la jungle or urban, the
magazine fed Bren is a lot more reliable than a belt fed weapon. Another
reason why the belt/magazine fed Minimi is a good choice.