Bren at War

[browningautorifle]

a long length of pipe filled with dynamite and smoke pellets

Improvised Bangalore, still very much taught on demolition instructor and pioneers. Far easier to do than losing a man in the wire.

[Peter Laidler]

Yep, that's what they were BAR.... I'd forgotten the name of them. It was always said that you could jamb them into tank or other AFV tracks and blow them. Not that us REME types ever got that close to enemy tanks. Or enemy anything now that I come to think about it!

[tankhunter]

Oh, I dont know pete. What about all those 'Battles' in the NAAFI's?...…..

[browningautorifle]

Not that us REME types ever got that close to enemy tanks. Or enemy anything now that I come to think about it!

Could be used for destruction after the fact of enemy equipment...

all those 'Battles' in the NAAFI's?

After a few beers and a misunderstanding...but "It were a friendly fight sir!"...

[Luis Bren]

Men of 4th Field Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Division, man a Bren gun on an anti-aircraft mounting in a sandbagged emplacement, 12 June 1940.


COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN NORTH AFRICA | Imperial War Museums

[Luis Bren]

Private Beale of the 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1 November 1944.


THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 | Imperial War Museums

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Infantry and carriers of 8th Royal Scots pause during the attack by 15th (Scottish) Division on Tilburg, 27 October 1944.

THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 | Imperial War Museums

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Photo 3: Grease and oil-change?

[Brit plumber]

I think the guy second from bottom in that last photo has just remembered he left the back door unlocked when he left home.

[Peter Laidler]

I'm sure one of our Dutch forumers could easily locate the photo of the Bren carrier platoon resting near Tilburg.