My Bren MKI

[Luis Bren]

Hi Fellows
Happy New Year!

No job in my Bren. I have not had time to devote.
But it takes some pictures with her ​​older sister







Regards

[Warren]

Nice Zb 26.....One of my favourites.

[Luis Bren]

It is the first time I have one ZB in my hands and I was impressed!

It seems made like a Rolls Roice​​, compared with the Bren...

And along MG-34









Alied and enemys

[Bruce_in_Oz]

OK. I'll bite!

What model of "Bren" / Universal Carrier has SOLID (non-spoked) road wheels?

Come to think of it, Luis, where was your carrier made?

A couple of other extra bits:

Has ANYONE ever seen a real, live Australian "tracked truck" lately? These look a bit like some of the "Maultier" series vehicles built by the Germans in WW2 in that they have two of the "double" suspension units each side and a "soft-skin" truck cab perched in front of a tray-type truck body.

There used to be one in the side yard of a house just south of Brisbane: as a young lad, I helped put it there after it was recovered from the "bush". There now appear to have been several attempts in Oz to build a tracked "logistics" vehicle, using "Universal" carrier running gear.

Australian and New Zealand built carriers have a different "slope" on the front "glacis" plate above the front axle. I also understand that the carriers built by GM NZ were NOT built from "armour" plate steel and were essentially "trials" or training vehicles.

[Luis Bren]

Come to think of it, Luis, where was your carrier made?

Hi Bruce

Theses Carriers found in Argentina are made by Ford in Dearborn Plant



Regards

[Peter Laidler]

Are the ZB and the MG34 both deactivated too Luis?

[Luis Bren]

Are the ZB and the MG34 both deactivated too Luis?

Hi Peter ! How are you?

Yes , they belong to a collector friend and and both are deactivated.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

"Did the S.A.S Desert Raiders have Training shoes during the last War?................"

Well, they, and their colleagues in the Long Range Desert Group, Popski's Private Army etc, often wore, appropriately enough, DESERT BOOTS. These were lightweight, sort-of-crepe soled, ankle-height numbers.

Sometimes also called "brothel-creepers". (a bit quieter than hob-nailed boots on the marble floors, apparently)

[tankhunter]

"Did the S.A.S Desert Raiders have Training shoes during the last War?................"

Well, they, and their colleagues in the Long Range Desert Group, Popski's Private Army etc, often wore, appropriately enough, DESERT BOOTS. These were lightweight, sort-of-crepe soled, ankle-height numbers.

Sometimes also called "brothel-creepers". (a bit quieter than hob-nailed boots on the marble floors, apparently)

Yep, also known as 'Chukka-Boots', & still in manufacture!

[Luis Bren]

Yep, also known as 'Chukka-Boots', & still in manufacture!

My fríend Danny with modern Chukka Boots



The sten gun in your hands is my Airsoft Sten Gun MKII