Re: BREN/BAR THOUGHTS

At 11:08 AM -0600 3/3/02, DAWGFACE47@webtv.net wrote:
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>interesting about the belt fed BREN LMG.  i know  i saw and read about
>the UK Army going over to this way back yonder when . . . . .
[snip]

Likely it is easy to confuse the Bren and the FN-MAG both have very 
boxy appearances and similar arrangements. Ian Hogg's book on Machine 
Guns covers the development of the BREN quite extensively. From the 
early days in the ZB form as made by the  folks at BRNO to the post 
war developments for a belt fed version.

Rest assured the BREN was magazine fed in service and was never belt 
fed in service. The 7.62 brens have as straight magazine. The .303 
models have a curved magazine.

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