Bren aux mag pouches eh............. I was serving from 1963 to a couple of years ago, through the Bren and L4 era and I never ever saw such items. I appreciate that the REME didn't got a lot of this all singing and dancing kit, but I was with the Infantry for a good deal/most of the time. I'd like to see a) a photo of it in use. A staged photo would do and b) anywhere that this bit of kit is mentioned. I can't fins any mention of it in the parts list, the EMER, importantly, the Inf Training booklets where you'd expect to find it or anywhere else.
I checked the VAOS part number and it's not current or in the obsolescent list so........
The 60's era section machine guns were Brens and the curved mags don't seem to fit and the L4 Brens. Believe me, there's no shortage of magazine capacity then because the rifle and LMG mags were fully interchangeable and at every short pause you are taught to check magazines, equalise the ammo share-out, top up magazines, cheack other over for wounds and scrapes then drink some water. Every Infantryman knows that off by heart. And guess what, just in case you all think I'm being a bit of a dipstick................ Having been there, the very LAST thing that you want with a Bren Gun is to struggle getting tight magazines out of a pouch. Mind you, I could be wrong on that score