Greek Bren

[Brit plumber]

Does anyone speak Greek? I found this sticker on the Butt of a Bren Mk1 and I would like to know what it means. I bet it means SCRAP or somthing like that.

A.n.O.SIGMA.T.O.LAMBDA.O.y

A.X.I.LAMBDA.LAMBDA.E.Y.SIGMA

K.O.K.K.I.N.O.T.H

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[tankhunter]

Brit, I just couldnt resist this: SORRY MATE, IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME!............................................... ......

[Peter Laidler]

Ah, yes. He means that the Lambda sensor on his exhaust has caused the lambda sensor warning light to light up and it's giving off a sigma coloured glow.

It reminds me oif a label I found tied to an old No32 Mk1 telescope I had many many years ago. It was written cyrillic and there seemed to be a fair bit of writing on it. I must have been asleep during my cyrillic lessons at school so I had to get some advice and, cyrillic not being the most widely spoken language in Oxford, meant a bit of a trawl. Eventually I got there (a bit like this story............) and the old boy looked at it, read the note, peered down and up, over the top of his glasses and asked '.....have you got the rest of it?' to which I replied '....nope!'. He replied'.......that's a shame because it says '......do not separate from the rifle'

Where were we now......... But from this and my lambda answer, you can see that while I was asleep during my cyrillic lessons, I was awake during my greek lessons

[AmEngRifles]

"Do not separate from rifle", ...Oh, I had a laugh!

[Alexander A]

The label is the man's name:

1st line: Apostolou [surname]
2nd line: Achilleus [Achilles -- given name]
3rd line: Kokkinotis [native of Kokkina]

Kokkina is a Turkish-occupied enclave town on the NW coast of Cyprus. Most likely, this Bren came from Cyprus.

[Peter Laidler]

Hey, where are you all.................. Surely someone out there can speak a bit of greek or knows someone who can translate the butt markings

A few years ago I would have asked my heartthrob Nana Mouskouri

[tankhunter]

Hey, where are you all.................. Surely someone out there can speak a bit of greek or knows someone who can translate the butt markings

A few years ago I would have asked my heartthrob Nana Mouskouri

Or perhaps her cousin 'Banana Obscure-y' who works in a local Kebab shop..................!
BTW Peter, did you get my last PM?

[Brit plumber]

OK, someone on another forum has told me it is the name of a person .

This is the name of the owner
Apostolou
Axilleys(Achilles like the hero)
Kokkini (maybe is a village name)

The same guy also posted this

Maybe the Village is Kokkini Xani in Crete ,but the Bren are still in use today in Hellenic Air Force,maybe is from a surplus of Greek army ,The Greek army use many equipment from WW2

Hellenic Air Force 2010

[Peter Laidler]

So it was noting to do with the Lambda sensor being faulty them?

Got the last PM but up to my neck in alligators at the moment

[Brit plumber]

So it was noting to do with the Lambda sensor being faulty them?

Got the last PM but up to my neck in alligators at the moment

Peter, are you eating those new Roundtree 'Randoms' sweets?