Toronto Archives photo search on John Inglis Plant/bren guns

[Peter Laidler]

We had a special sling for the Bren tripods. As they were never used, we used to 'sling' them under the firing point of the 25 yard indoor range! I should think that there's hundreds of these monstrocities still stashed in old rooms and cellars in the various old Army camps. As they came under the control of the Technical Quartermaster (the Tech Q in short), and he also had access to the whole camp/barracks, he'd stash this unwanted stuff everywhere. At Watchfield, 30 or so were hung up on hooks on one end of one of the large MT hangars.

Bren tripods, designed to break fingers or rip your hands to shreds on the sharp edges

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[peregrinvs]

these monstrocities

Oh I dunno. They're great value if you're a collector - lots of bits to play with. I assume the Czechs shared the German fondness for overdesign.

[tankhunter]

We had a special sling for the Bren tripods. As they were never used, we used to 'sling' them under the firing point of the 25 yard indoor range! I should think that there's hundreds of these monstrocities still stashed in old rooms and cellars in the various old Army camps. As they came under the control of the Technical Quartermaster (the Tech Q in short), and he also had access to the whole camp/barracks, he'd stash this unwanted stuff everywhere. At Watchfield, 30 or so were hung up on hooks on one end of one of the large MT hangars.

Bren tripods, designed to break fingers or rip your hands to shreds on the sharp edges

Nice one Pete !

[Brit plumber]

I should think that there's hundreds of these monstrocities still stashed in old rooms and cellars in the various old Army camps.

I know where there is/was one, but the Sgt in charge wouldn't let it go, even when I asked him if he knew what it was for. He told me it was a 'Enfield' tripod, ans I asked which Enfield, he didn't have a clue. I should have had a better look at it but I assume it was a BSA or CCM tripod.

Talking of CCM tripods, they don't appear to be to common in the UK, I only know of a half dozen or so, and those are mostly ex NZA items.