Bren light machine gun

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The Bren light machine gun is a British gas-operated, magazine-fed squad automatic weapon widely used by Commonwealth forces from the 1930s through the Cold War, renowned for its reliability and accuracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf light machine gun ⓘ
squad automatic weapon ⓘ
action gas-operated tilting bolt ⓘ
barrelLength approximately 635 millimetres ⓘ
cartridge .303 British ⓘ
7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
derivedFrom ZB vz. 26 light machine gun ⓘ
designedFor section-level automatic fire support ⓘ
designedIn 1930s ⓘ
effectiveFiringRange about 600 metres ⓘ
feedSystem detachable box magazine ⓘ
firingModes fully automatic ⓘ
selective fire ⓘ
semi-automatic (some variants) ⓘ
hasFeature carrying handle ⓘ
folding bipod ⓘ
quick-change barrel ⓘ
top-mounted magazine ⓘ
wooden stock ⓘ
introducedInService 1938 ⓘ
knownFor accuracy ⓘ
reliability ⓘ
robustness ⓘ
manufacturedBy Inglis of Canada ⓘ
Lithgow Small Arms Factory ⓘ
Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield ⓘ
mass approximately 10 kilograms unloaded ⓘ
mountingOptions bipod ⓘ
tripod ⓘ
nameEtymology portmanteau of Brno and Enfield ⓘ
notableVariant Bren Mk I ⓘ
Bren Mk II ⓘ
Bren Mk III ⓘ
Bren Mk IV ⓘ
L4 light machine gun ⓘ
operatingPrinciple gas-operated ⓘ
overallLength approximately 1150 millimetres ⓘ
primaryUserRole section automatic rifleman ⓘ
rateOfFire approximately 500–520 rounds per minute ⓘ
retiredFromFrontlineService late 20th century ⓘ
sightType iron sights ⓘ
standardMagazineCapacity 30 rounds ⓘ
successor L7A2 GPMG ⓘ
linked to: HK21 machine gun
usedAs anti-aircraft weapon (on special mounts) ⓘ
section light machine gun ⓘ
vehicle-mounted weapon ⓘ
usedBy Australian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Commonwealth armed forces ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
New Zealand Army ⓘ
South African Army ⓘ
usedInConflict Indo-Pakistani conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Pakistani wars

Korean War ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

Suez Crisis ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ

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Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield → notableProduct → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
Lewis machine gun → replacedBy → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
subject linked to: Lewis machine guns
Jewish Brigade → primaryWeapon → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
RSAF Enfield → designed → Bren light machine gun (British production variants) ⓘ
linked to: Bren light machine gun
RSAF Enfield → manufactured → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
Bren light machine gun → notableVariant → Bren Mk I ⓘ
linked to: Bren light machine gun
Bren light machine gun → notableVariant → Bren Mk II ⓘ
linked to: Bren light machine gun
Bren light machine gun → notableVariant → Bren Mk III ⓘ
linked to: Bren light machine gun
Bren light machine gun → notableVariant → Bren Mk IV ⓘ
linked to: Bren light machine gun
Bren light machine gun → notableVariant → L4 light machine gun ⓘ
linked to: Bren light machine gun
Lewis gun → replacedBy → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
Long Range Desert Group → equipment → Bren light machine guns ⓘ
linked to: Bren light machine gun
.303 British → usedInFirearm → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
ZB vz. 26 → influenced → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
subject linked to: ZB vz. 26 light machine gun
Inglis of Canada → product → Bren light machine gun ⓘ
British Army in North Africa → usedEquipment → Bren light machine gun ⓘ