[QUOTE=Peter Laidlericon;142750]The figures of lost Bren guns after the fall of Franceicon, taken from the War Office returns for the defence of the UKicon in August 1940 were that there were only 2,300 available to the Army. The 30,000 figure of totals manufactured were the figure given to the Board as manufactured up to June 1940. These figures are correct BP! QUOTE]

Not disputing the figures Peter, I think its the way the figures are used to describe how many DD guns are in existence. Many of the dealers sell late 1940 intermediate guns as one of the 30,000 guns that survived when in fact there were 50,000 DDs made, and unless the serial is pre C9999 then it isnt one of those.

I actually have 93 serials from A1 to C9999, I reckon thats pretty good going.