Bren at War

[gsimmons]

Looks like a Beretta to me. The Thompson has a different profile. If in N. Africa they would have had plenty of opportunity to pick up a Beretta.

[Brit plumber]

Yeah its not a Thompson, its definitely a MAB 38.

[Paul S.]

I have to say that it looks more like Black Watch red hackles than it does Camerons' cap badges on the blokes, tams in that last 'infantry on tank in the desert' photo. Two similar pics of different groups by the same photographer????

[Luis Bren]

Object description
1st Battalion, Caribbean Regiment preparing to return from Egypt to the West Indies in 1945: A Bren gunner and rifleman, both crouching use a small bank of sand as cover during training.



Object description
Men of the Belgian Army learn to use a Bren gun as part of their Commando training at a British Commando School. The NCO records to the second the time allowed for firing.



Object description
A Bren gunner of the 5th Coldstream Guards covers a street in Arras, 1 September 1944.

[Vincent]

Attachment 46462

[Paul S.]

Your point taken about a badly frayed cap badge backing is taken. However, there is this: BRITISH ARMY TUNISIA 1943 (NA 1670) - the description of the image is noteworthy.

[Vincent]

Am I missing someting here, Paul? The 51st (Highland) Division had battalions from The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, The Seaforth Highlanders, The Gordon Highlanders, The Black Watch and The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. What is noteworthy about the description?

[Paul S.]

"Valentine tank carrying infantry of the Black Watch, March 1943."

[Vincent]

What's your point?

[Luis Bren]

Object description
Private Watkins of the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, aims his Bren gun from a dugout in the garden of a house in Gangelt, on the Dutch/German border, 17 December 1944.



Object description
Bren gun training for men of the 4/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers near Newmarket, Suffolk, 3 September 1940.



Object description
Troops from the 1st Border Regiment at Rumegies cleaning a Boys anti-tank regiment and a Bren gun, 29 February 1940.