Indian IB Bren

[Peter Laidler]

It looks to me like that started its life as an Indian Mk3 Bren and was converted to 'L4A1' spec - without the magazine support inserts - in 1970. Without mag inserts and A1 ejector block with HODevice made the gun doomed to fail. Which it did! Replaced with the superb A2 which also used L1A1 rifle and later 30 round specially made magazines. I would disagree that only a few thousand were made......... Enfield were churning them out until the late 70's

But I could be wrong of course

[Lee Enfield]

It looks to me like that started its life as an Indian Mk3 Bren and was converted to 'L4A1' spec - without the magazine support inserts - in 1970. Without mag inserts and A1 ejector block with HODevice made the gun doomed to fail. Which it did! Replaced with the superb A2 which also used L1A1 rifle and later 30 round specially made magazines. I would disagree that only a few thousand were made......... Enfield were churning them out until the late 70's

But I could be wrong of course

The Indians scratch built L4A2's as 7.62s with the magazine well cut for L1a1 mags from the start.

KevinG posted photos comparing a British L4A2 and an Indian scratch built IB 7.62 Bren and the difference in milling was visibly apparent.



https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=22139

And here is the MkI converted to 7.62

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=20413