So there´s now a genuine new Bren

[villiers]

CESKA ZBROJOVKA CZ-805 Bren

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[Patrick Chadwick]

Good heavens, is there a barrel buried in there somewhere?

[Peter Laidler]

But in 61 years time will anyone be saying '.....in a years time, this will have outlived the Bren?'

The Bren Gun. The longest serving bit of kit in the British Army and STILL going strong elsewhere........

[villiers]

The BR- is obviously BRUNO but I wonder what´s behind the -EN suffix. Was it someone at Enfield?

[Patrick Chadwick]

The original BREN .... Brno design adopted by Enfield = Brno-Enfield = Br-En = BREN

Today ... since hardly anyone west of Karlovy Vary (OK, Karlsbad) can pronounce Czech properly, they use the historic and, dare I say, renowned name of Bren, even though Enfield no longer plays a part - alas!

At least it still has a curved magazine (even if the wrong caliber) to suggest that it's actually a gun and not an overgrown laser pointer!

A very detailed write-up can be found here:

http://sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=1083

[villiers]

So there might well be a market for it somewhere not too far off ....

[MGMike]

Has anyone noticed how genuine Bren aficionados' eyes glaze over...?

M