That was nothing like we ever fitted. There has been info on the Forum and the pictures differ slightly to the official instructions, known to us at the time as FEMOD 1 (or whatever number it was!) Our fore-grips were a locally made on an adapted copy lathe sort-of variation of the rear grip that bolted upwards into the trough over which slides the ejection opening cover with a small anti-rotation stud to the rear(?) of the through bolt. If my memory serves me correctly, the retaining bolt was a Mk2 rear grip bolt, through the new shorter type of front grip So in effect, the grip was mounted 2.5 to 3" rearwardsof the front mounting hole. That was for a very good reason. The short Gurkhas and Malay troops wouldn't be able to reach the front grip if it was too far forward so it was where the modification instructions say it should be. Best to carry it across the chest, with the REAR grip resting on the top of your right hand pouch, elbow at the rear and tucked in. Much less strain on your left elbow and shoulder. Another thing was that when the guns were wet, in the monsoons or river tracks - which was pretty well all of the time, after one or two short bursts the water would turn to steam. So you couldn't actually aim as such. The guns as we modified them for the Infantry Battalions all had to retain the facility to close up the rear folding bipods.

To be honest, while the Brens were good, at the fighting/engagement ranges, shotguns and SMG's were better. The heavy firepower would come from the section rifle-power