The Bren gun was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by the United Kingdom in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992.

2025年3月1日 · Bren machine gun, British adaptation of a Czech light machine gun. Its name originated as an acronym from Brno, where the Czech gun was made, and Enfield, where the British adaptation was made. Gas-operated and air-cooled, the Bren was first produced in 1937 and became one of the most widely used

The Bren machine gun was probably the most commonly used light machine gun in World War II. It proved itself reliably even under the worst external conditions and was the standard suppressing weapon of the British infantry group.

2023年8月3日 · The Bren light machine gun (LMG) was designed and approved for British Army service in 1935, and began production in 1937. It was selected by the British Army’s Small Arms Committee as a replacement for the Lewis light machine gun of the First World War , which by some accounts had a reputation for jamming.

The Bren LMG was developed from the ZB26, a Czech LMG designed at Brno, by the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield. The name was an amalgamation of BRno and ENfield. Production began in 1937 at Enfield RSAF and it was accepted into service in 1938, when production also commenced at Inglis in Canada and Lithgow in Australia from 1940.

2022年9月14日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the BREN (BRno ENfield) Light Machine Gun (LMG) / General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) including pictures.

The Bren Light Machine Gun. The Bren is an air cooled, gas operated, magazine fed LMG, with a 30 round box magazine or 100 round drum, automatic or single shot, firing a 215 gr bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2440 fps with an effective range of 600 yards.

While best known for its role as the British and Commonwealth forces' primary infantry light machine gun (LMG) in World War II, it was also used in the Korean War and saw service throughout the latter half of the 20th century, including …

Based on a Czech design the Bren was the main fire support weapon of a British infantry section. Reliable and very accurate the Bren had a long career in all British and Commonwealth armies and is still in production today.

2018年3月1日 · One of the most important and iconic weapons of World War II was the British Bren light machine gun. The Bren’s distinctive top-mounted curved magazine made it easy to recognize by friend and foe alike. Troops throughout the …