Home Guard Brens

Posting a couple of pics of some Home Guard 'training aid' Brens which might lighten up an otherwise dull Sunday :)
Yes they are very crude,not made by a carpenter of any description but they bare a likeness :D
They came from the personal affects which included mostly paperwork of Lieut D M Rowland a WW1 RE officer who became Battalion Inteligence officer for the 8th Batt (Herts) Home Guard.Unfortunatly the rifles that went with them were allready burned.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...0/12/HG2-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...0/12/HG1-1.jpg

(pictures were taken when they were still liberaly coated in dust !)

ATB Kevin

Hay Kev, Are they deactivated? What spec! ;-)

Kev, are they now part of your collection?

I had one Kev,the other has stayed with the paperwork with a friend of mine who is interested in HG items and history.

The Home Guard also had a set of bipod legs that went around the top band of a SMLE and a carrying handle affair thinggy that gripped the fore-end around the rear handguard area. THese were made by Parker Hale, just pre war and very few sets survive now but were meant to replicate the section Bren Gun on exercise. To be honest, only the British could come up with these, er....... whatsits.......!

Anyone got a picture of one?

Can't be arsed to set mine up so have stolen a pic from collectorssource.com who have one for sale for $1,500.00

Bren Gun training Bipod RARE

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...bipod2_1-1.jpg

ATB Kevin

I'm glad you have one for the collection :super:

Ther was one for sale on Evilbay a few weeks back. I cannot recall what it went for though. From the picture, it would seem a very easy thing to replicate. Im suprised no one has done this already?....

Here are a couple pic's of my example on a 1907 Cond IV