Just a snippet of Bren info for you Bren fiends............

[Kev G]

Sorting through Brens at RFD's before they have been chopped it appears that quite a lot of MkI Brens have never had the Mk3 gas cylinder fitted and retain the original MkI cylinder.
Should they have been replaced as a matter of course but they were such a pig to change that they never got done unless they were giving trouble ?

ATB Kevin

[Peter Laidler]

Changing gas cylinders was a bit hit and miss. Or like marmite, they were easy or not even worth trying after the first attempt with the oxy-torch or as we called it in Australia, the hot-axe. To be honest, with plenty of Mk2's and 3's in the system I don't think people bothered too much and in any case, the Mk1 gun was the first to become obsolescent. That's why most of th DP's were Mk1's. I did a big batch at Base Workshops during a large programme but while there were a few easy ones, the rest were absolute pigs

If you REALLY want to know ahat a real bxxxxxd they can be, ask Brian Dick!