Re: BREN/BAR THOUGHTS

At 11:08  3/03/02 -0600, DAWGIE wrote:

>i must have  then assumed that the FN-MAG ( later seen from a distance
)
>was this  weapon in the GPMG mode. the aussies and kiwis in the RVN
used
>M-60 LMGs, FN rifles shotguns, and an odd looking SMG in Tay Ninh
>Province when i was there in 1969.

That could either be the Owen SMG ( or Owen Machine Carbine) first
produced 
in WWII or it's successor the F1 SMG. Both noted for their vertical 
magazine and reliability.

>  do not remember seeing any magazine fed BREN LMGs.

Not with any of the infantry battalions at any rate, almost all the 
references or information related to me by veterans indicate that the 
infantry used M-60s. Perhaps they were used in 'rear' I do remember
seeing 
one reference stating that a New Zealand artillery unit was equipped
with 
Brens.

Cheers

Derek

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