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I'm afraid not. Its been so long since I posted a pic I've forgotten how! I'll try attaching them to a couple of PMs,.

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Tom

Is it the Deflector, Cartridge Case Mk I or Mk II as I have the DD(E) for both if they are of interest?

The band us specified as Steel, B.S.S. 5006/207 on both, blackened or other rust proofing on...

Oh aye, nowt but moors here and anxious sheep. If you see some one in DPM they are probably off poaching.

Thankfully I've always been too fat and bookish to be tempted to play dress up, mind It...

I've been trying to think of a way of not sounding like a complete Walt and not come up with a way so please forgive me and be gentle.

I'm getting rid of my collection so have been digging things...

There are some bits that ebay won't let me put up, I've a box of bayonets ( I even had to remove that word when I was putting up some bayonet frogs and manuals that also taught bayonet fighting...

Not sure if this is the right place but as it's mainly Bren related I thought it would be most relevant here.

After many years collecting in a minor way I'm selling off my collection. I thinned...

DD(E) 2712 received and passed on, Thanks very much!

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Tom

PM sent, let me know if the images come through i a usable form please.

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Tom

Ah, what you need is the factory drawing, D.D.(E). 2712 03/01/1941 Holder, Filling Magazine Bren .303" Mk II Which should be held at the Royal Armouries Library at Leeds in the Pattern Room...

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Held at Leeds


DDEIP3815 13/11/1944 Bren .303" -in Mk 1...

I will pass it on to him Peter. Cheers!

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Tom

Karkee webb covers the leather tab quite nicely

Pattern 1937 Web Equipment

near the bottom of the page. I've a unissued one floating about.

we've been thinning out the collection and just...

Er, if its any use I copied DD(E) 3713 which I believe is the parts needed to convert a Mk II tripod into a Mk 2*, about 22 sheets of drawings plus a General assembly drawing and a bunch of lists for...

Well folks, its arrived and im pretty damn pleased with it,

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Well thanks for the heads up! I showed the add' to herself (who's birthday it is today) and without batting a eyelid she ordered me a Mk 3 barrel! OK I have been whinging about wanting a barrel...

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I cant find a note of the serial but this was the L2A1 I sold on last year with the bits to go with By any chance is it the same one...

Coo! Got two of them sitting in a draw waiting to go on my kiwi A4 and 1945 MK 3 when I finally get round to having them cosmetically restored, with pistol grips and carrying handles to match. And I...

Sorry, another correction, that's the part number of the MK 2 twisted wire rod, not its drawing number, C1/SM 120.

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Tom

Sorry, I had that one open too long in editing so lost some stuff.

The MK 5 rod was later used with UK L3 Brownings, I think it was introduced in LoC C1526 of 1944 for the Bren. It cost a little...

The "correct" for UK chests was the MK II B BD 2553 S.A.I.D. 1075 which if I remember correctly is just the MK 2 for the Vickers, Maxim and Lewis introduced in LoC 17581 in 1915. The MkII B was...

It's for the Vickers I think.

http://www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/acc-sightingkit.htm

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Tom

Ah well, that's what comes of me believing what I read in Wikipedia!

Allied-occupied Austria - Wikipedia

There's references to the rearming being done in secret at first and the manpower being...

Gendarmerie (Austria) - Wikipedia

Straight after the war the British and then the Americans raised "special" police troops with heavier weapons than the regular police to counter any Russian back...

i Wonder how long it was before they were given less Germanic looking uniforms? That photo must have been from imeditley post war.

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Tom

Well, the wife's put my copy on eBay a couple of days back, I was having a big clear out and she did a bunch of manuals on last week. Unfortunately she's seen how much US dealers are asking for it...