She's a beaut. My Deac just started shufflin around in the loft when it heard your live one sounding off. I'm still with .303 but only in my SMLE. Keep enjoying that Bren. Regards from the UK
@DWANER986 Over 15 years ago when the FCA still trained with the .303 Bren we used to fire it at an army range in Tipperary. No longer used by the defence forces. Pity though.
Could they not have found some way of feeding the ammo via a belt rather than a magazine? Least it could then compete.... what do you do if u come up against an MG 42?... smoke grenades?
@Hicks055 Magazines do have several advantages over belts. They don't get caught in brush and they don't rattle (good for a night patrol). The feed mechanism is simpler (=lighter). Most importantly magazines keep dirt and grit off the rounds which is a major cause of stoppages. The magazine being on top allows it to hold more rounds as the last few rounds essentially drop into the chamber.
@Hicks055 The US belt fed M249 is being partialy replaced by a mag fed gun soon (I forget the name). Belts take a long time to reload and are tough to carry.
I fired a 303 Bren in Ireland. No recoil, extremely accurate groupings, beautiful graceful monster of a gun. 5.65 is considered more lethal as ammunition at close range but at 600 yards I'd take a 303 Bren any day!
@vygotsky17 apparently the reason the Bren was phased out is because it was 'too accurate'. Ridiculous I think, but the reasoning is that it is not effective as an area weapon, which is why the GPMG was taken into service.
@CryptonicNova The Bren is only magazine fed. It was phased out in the 80s for the more modern L7A2 GPMG which has the capability to be belt fed which is more suitable for sustained fire roles.
@CryptonicNova I think some post war designs were made into belt fed variants but it was only supposed to be a section level gun. For sustained rolls they had probably the best sustained fire gun of the time - the mighty Vickers which so long as you had cold water and the ammo (and a bit of time to grease it) it could run all day.
The Taden was a project to develop the Bren into a belt feld weapon using the with .280 British intermediate round. Had it not been for a desire to standardize on the 7.62 round in NATO, it would probably have seen use alongside the EM-2 bullpup assult rifle in the 1950s
i have a question. did soldiers ever play with their bren. like left-handed soldiers. was their any way to swap the iron sights or did they shoot laying down crossbody
To all those who don't know, the Bren and the type 99 were developed from the same family of Czech light machine guns. Bren's better cos it did'nt have a bullet oiling device to attrect dirt into the gun
@infernalzen Not sure about that... 5.56 fucks people up big time. Don't believe me? There is a great FBI report about the lethality on 5.56 - you should check it out if you have a strong stomach.
on the Bren firing from the left shoulder, you cannot fire it because the sights are offset on the left hand side of the weapon.
To the drum mag question , yes there was 4 drum mags issued for SF to use the bren mounted on the jeeps, also the vickers LMG used the same mags and the SF and paras used the vickers K gun with drum mags at Arnhem.
my great-uncle used a Bren on the japs when he was in the Australian army in Burma WW2. he told me they would never fire them in long burst because of the recoil it rendered them very inaccurate, but he said they were a very popular gun and were suitable to firing from the hip on the move using semi auto fire
You would be wrong there. The M2 Browning, Is incredibly accurate. The most accurate general purpose machine gun in the world. And it is the most widely used GPMG in the world. Ridiculously effective, And still Very accurate.
its not czech you fool... it british and the british colaborated with the Brno armory (or whatever its name is ) and they named it BR from Brno and En from Enfield
The British Army adopted it in 1935 following extensive trials of the Czechoslovak ZB vz.26 light machine gun which was manufactured in Brno, although the ZB vz. 26 was not actually submitted for the trials, a slightly modified model was submitted; the ZB vz. 27. A licence to manufacture was sought and the Czech design was modified to British requirements. So conception is Czech - modifications are British.
You all right ferdovit. ZB-26 and ZB-53 were large used by Roumanian Armee in WW2 against Red Army (1941-1944) and against the Wehrmacht until May 1945. Romanian soldiers were training to mountling and dismantling with closed eyes. This seem absurd. Indeed during night battles it was necessary to change the pipe, to unblock, to reload. Very reliable machine guns!
It's not "BASED on a Czech design" , it's a Czech weapon built under lisence in imperial measurements just like the SLR is a Belgian FAL built in Britain in imperial.
The last decent Brit small arms were the .303 SMLE and the sterling SMGs.
The Bren differs from the original Czech model. Although it is a Czech design, many of the features on the original Bren were British. As for Brit small arms, the l85a2 is the most reliable and accurate weapon of it's kind. It's made under licence from HK, based on an original British Lee Enfield bullpup design.
The L85 is a dog. Notice how the SAS won't touch it with a 20 foot pole? I don't think the Brits have found any other country dumb enough to buy it either.
that was true with the l85a1, but today the standard rifle is the a2 variant, which is much hardier, more accurate and more reliable. A team from the British Army put 60,000 rounds through an l85a2 without a single stoppage that required an armourer to fix. The a2 has been in service since about 2002, although it didn't fully replace the a1 until about 2005. Jamaica has bought about 35,000 a1 rifles from the UK for its defence forces.
A few physical facts help. Firstly the gun weighs much moe than a rifle so it has more inertia and recoils more slowly - and less painfully - into your shoulder. Secondly, it's got a bipod supporting a fair proportion of the gun's weight and absorbing a portion of the recoil. Thirdly automatic and semi-automatic weapons tend to have a lower felt recoil because the guns action spreads the recoil blow out over a longer period.
The bi-pod is the big factor in this vid.If you were to see same vid but with him firing in a standing position you would be seeing quite a lot more recoil.
oops..sorry Stutz, just scrolled back and saw you said the same thing. Apparently the experienced gunners used to prefer a worn barrel, it being so accurate, so as to give it more of a 'cone' or spread.
I fired one when in the school Cadet Corps.Amazing LMG,amazing experience! This guy appears not to hold it properly;the left hand should grasp the butt over the top to the right of one's cheekbone.A hot cartridge case bouncing down your cuff and burning your wrist was not unknown...
They believe heavily in the idea of "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" which is why they make a great deal of old things still to this day, royal enfield motorbikes for instance and single cylinder/dual cylinder tractors which we stopped making when moses' dad fell off that tram in jo'burg!
oops, i gather, you are Czech! lol. Na, i was just wondering, the british with their industrial power and inventive empire had to depend on a weapon designed by a much smaller state during the war, that's all!I was praising the Czechs! Tucked away in Europe and so inventive.;P
The last time I fired one of those was 39 years ago, during my National Service training. Excellent gun! On full auto, the first shot went just where I wanted it. The rest ... well ... enough said. Excellent gun, though. Not its fault I couldn't control it properly.
how much is bren machine gun ?
ssgator04 2 months ago
She's a beaut. My Deac just started shufflin around in the loft when it heard your live one sounding off. I'm still with .303 but only in my SMLE. Keep enjoying that Bren. Regards from the UK
Bilbo107 4 months ago
old is gold
kl1567 8 months ago
@DWANER986 Over 15 years ago when the FCA still trained with the .303 Bren we used to fire it at an army range in Tipperary. No longer used by the defence forces. Pity though.
vygotsky17 9 months ago
Could they not have found some way of feeding the ammo via a belt rather than a magazine? Least it could then compete.... what do you do if u come up against an MG 42?... smoke grenades?
Hicks055 9 months ago
@Hicks055 The magazine's position wasn't really a con, it never got in the way and reloads are very easy and can be done in a second.
TaZ101SAGA 9 months ago
@Hicks055 Magazines do have several advantages over belts. They don't get caught in brush and they don't rattle (good for a night patrol). The feed mechanism is simpler (=lighter). Most importantly magazines keep dirt and grit off the rounds which is a major cause of stoppages. The magazine being on top allows it to hold more rounds as the last few rounds essentially drop into the chamber.
Larwenful 6 months ago
@Hicks055 The US belt fed M249 is being partialy replaced by a mag fed gun soon (I forget the name). Belts take a long time to reload and are tough to carry.
Xiolablu3 4 months ago
@Hicks055 I think that's basically what a British G.P.M.G. is?
BradBrassman 3 months ago
I think I got a boner to the sound of this gun
gamerkid1177 9 months ago
I fired a 303 Bren in Ireland. No recoil, extremely accurate groupings, beautiful graceful monster of a gun. 5.65 is considered more lethal as ammunition at close range but at 600 yards I'd take a 303 Bren any day!
vygotsky17 10 months ago
@vygotsky17 apparently the reason the Bren was phased out is because it was 'too accurate'. Ridiculous I think, but the reasoning is that it is not effective as an area weapon, which is why the GPMG was taken into service.
thetubewithin 9 months ago
@vygotsky17 where did you shoot it was it in a shooting range or something, i can't seem to see any in Ireland
DWANER986 9 months ago
Who stole all the recoil!?
whowantsabighug 10 months ago
@richguy287 Its 303 British. The 7.62 NATO variant (the L4) of the weapon has a straight magazine (amongst other things).
SamEEE12 11 months ago
i came in my pants after hearing the first few rounds go off, i want to wake up to this sound!
chirochrome 1 year ago
I wonder if it can be belt fed?
CryptonicNova 1 year ago
@CryptonicNova The Bren is only magazine fed. It was phased out in the 80s for the more modern L7A2 GPMG which has the capability to be belt fed which is more suitable for sustained fire roles.
SamEEE12 11 months ago
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CryptonicNova 11 months ago
@SamEEE12 I know the Bren couldn't be belt fed, but i was wondering if it could have been modified to be belt fed.
CryptonicNova 11 months ago
@CryptonicNova I think some post war designs were made into belt fed variants but it was only supposed to be a section level gun. For sustained rolls they had probably the best sustained fire gun of the time - the mighty Vickers which so long as you had cold water and the ammo (and a bit of time to grease it) it could run all day.
SamEEE12 11 months ago
@SamEEE12
The Taden was a project to develop the Bren into a belt feld weapon using the with .280 British intermediate round. Had it not been for a desire to standardize on the 7.62 round in NATO, it would probably have seen use alongside the EM-2 bullpup assult rifle in the 1950s
GMDLGTUK 4 months ago
@SamEEE12
the british armies, non-infantry corps, kept the LMG untill the SA80 was issued to them, with its LSW variant ;)
infernalzen 10 months ago
BABABABAM BABAM BABABAM
I love the sound of a firing bren!
MarkTools 1 year ago
i have a question. did soldiers ever play with their bren. like left-handed soldiers. was their any way to swap the iron sights or did they shoot laying down crossbody
KILLFORFUN12 1 year ago
Im no gnu expert but that looks like a type 99
stavit2 1 year ago
@stavit2 the type 99 is, like the bren, a descendant of the Czech ZB26, which also inspired the french Mi24/29.
DRAC250 1 year ago
@stavit2 they look similar but it's a bren
Thelonesniper101 1 year ago
@mrlegofilms10 Really? Mine's Curtis.
grobo11 1 year ago
To all those who don't know, the Bren and the type 99 were developed from the same family of Czech light machine guns. Bren's better cos it did'nt have a bullet oiling device to attrect dirt into the gun
SvenTviking 1 year ago
Great old weapon, we wanted them back in the RAF reg. when we got given the new SA80 shite...
fooljibberjabber 1 year ago
@fooljibberjabber its a damn site lighter than the gmpg too.
lsw with susat, can hit things easily out to 600mr.
shame 5.56 is just tickling them at that range.
infernalzen 1 year ago
@infernalzen 'tickling'? The 5.56 would kill at a mile if it hit.
Xiolablu3 1 year ago
@Xiolablu3
not sure about that, its a light bullet.
when they got 5.56 they had to change the knock down targets, as the 5.56 couldnt knock down 7.62 targets.
in the falklands, british s.f. with m16 were shooting argies +they kept on running. till an slr hit them once
infernalzen 1 year ago
@infernalzen Not sure about that... 5.56 fucks people up big time. Don't believe me? There is a great FBI report about the lethality on 5.56 - you should check it out if you have a strong stomach.
SamEEE12 11 months ago
@SamEEE12
if they arent hiding behind anything LOL
infernalzen 10 months ago
Fantastic! :)
StantheGunman 1 year ago
NOT left handed friendly :D
12357951 1 year ago
He's holding it wrong!
fatandim 1 year ago
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What a great sound it makes, one of the best, a classic.
KnightOfChrist1 1 year ago
What a great sound it makes, one of the best, a classic.
KnightOfChrist1 1 year ago
on the Bren firing from the left shoulder, you cannot fire it because the sights are offset on the left hand side of the weapon.
To the drum mag question , yes there was 4 drum mags issued for SF to use the bren mounted on the jeeps, also the vickers LMG used the same mags and the SF and paras used the vickers K gun with drum mags at Arnhem.
blueharvest528 2 years ago
They should make a Drum Magazine for this. It would look cool
Vicryl007 2 years ago
Thanks, good stuff.
Brought up with these. Father went up gold beach (after first wave) on Bren Gun Carrier.
As a kid, forces open days had them around and I know how to field strip one..in the dark.
Last used in Falklands as far as I know.
I'm 50 and so like Bren obsolete.
First guns ever fired =
L1A1 FN/SLR [FN - BELGIUM]
9mm HI POWER PISTOL[FN-BELGIUM]
GPMG [FN BELGIUM]
STERLING 9MM [ Sterling arms Dagenham]
fnslr308 2 years ago
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type 99
sickndboy 2 years ago
no it isnt its a bren they are both different
PrivateJames100 2 years ago
no i said its a type 99 because of the shape and the mag. on top of the gun
sickndboy 2 years ago
Call of duty can suck my dick because that there is real, not virtual.
TheZimpiko28Project 2 years ago
my great-uncle used a Bren on the japs when he was in the Australian army in Burma WW2. he told me they would never fire them in long burst because of the recoil it rendered them very inaccurate, but he said they were a very popular gun and were suitable to firing from the hip on the move using semi auto fire
crabfancer 2 years ago
how does he aim when the magazine is on the top? are the iron sights on the sides or something?
jalolwtf 2 years ago
Yes, iron sights are placed on the left side.
Cezarion88 2 years ago 10
The sights are still on the top. They are held off to the side a bit so you can still aim like normal.
samcyanide666 2 years ago
the bren was remarkably accurate infact the only drawback is its not beltfed
datboomtingbre 2 years ago
A machine gun is an area weapon. Being too accurate is in fact a draw back in itselt
maddog987654321 2 years ago 2
You would be wrong there. The M2 Browning, Is incredibly accurate. The most accurate general purpose machine gun in the world. And it is the most widely used GPMG in the world. Ridiculously effective, And still Very accurate.
aphsknight74 2 years ago
Ive fired one of them
What a pig to fire the recoil is stupid on it
wildy218 2 years ago
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Sounds good. Very good Czech weapon. Thanks for posting.
ferdovit 2 years ago
its not czech you fool... it british and the british colaborated with the Brno armory (or whatever its name is ) and they named it BR from Brno and En from Enfield
clujromanialinkin 2 years ago 4
The British Army adopted it in 1935 following extensive trials of the Czechoslovak ZB vz.26 light machine gun which was manufactured in Brno, although the ZB vz. 26 was not actually submitted for the trials, a slightly modified model was submitted; the ZB vz. 27. A licence to manufacture was sought and the Czech design was modified to British requirements. So conception is Czech - modifications are British.
ferdovit 2 years ago 3
You all right ferdovit. ZB-26 and ZB-53 were large used by Roumanian Armee in WW2 against Red Army (1941-1944) and against the Wehrmacht until May 1945. Romanian soldiers were training to mountling and dismantling with closed eyes. This seem absurd. Indeed during night battles it was necessary to change the pipe, to unblock, to reload. Very reliable machine guns!
iarion 2 years ago
sorry but your wrong its a Czech looked. i looked it up at work but your corect about the reast
Ryno29able 2 years ago
its british you cunt..eventhough its based on a czech piece of crap...so dont claim other peoples credit!
luuko656 2 years ago
invectives are not arguments
ferdovit 2 years ago 2
well duh...
luuko656 2 years ago
It's not "BASED on a Czech design" , it's a Czech weapon built under lisence in imperial measurements just like the SLR is a Belgian FAL built in Britain in imperial.
The last decent Brit small arms were the .303 SMLE and the sterling SMGs.
bigbadnewman 2 years ago
The Bren differs from the original Czech model. Although it is a Czech design, many of the features on the original Bren were British. As for Brit small arms, the l85a2 is the most reliable and accurate weapon of it's kind. It's made under licence from HK, based on an original British Lee Enfield bullpup design.
CaptainDiscount 2 years ago
The L85 is a dog. Notice how the SAS won't touch it with a 20 foot pole? I don't think the Brits have found any other country dumb enough to buy it either.
bigbadnewman 2 years ago
that was true with the l85a1, but today the standard rifle is the a2 variant, which is much hardier, more accurate and more reliable. A team from the British Army put 60,000 rounds through an l85a2 without a single stoppage that required an armourer to fix. The a2 has been in service since about 2002, although it didn't fully replace the a1 until about 2005. Jamaica has bought about 35,000 a1 rifles from the UK for its defence forces.
DRAC250 2 years ago 8
Does the bolt handle still smash the shooter's teeth out if he fires it from the left shoulder?
bigbadnewman 2 years ago 2
lol dunno but there are enough left-handed people out there to complain enough. I've only heard good things about the a2, so presumably no.
DRAC250 2 years ago
@DRAC250 Wait wait wait wait wait wait hold up. Jamaica has defense forces?
Panzervagon 7 months ago
man there is something i don't understand.I am 14 and i once shot with the
.303 british enfield. The recoil was impressive! So how can people shoot a MACHINE GUN of this caliber????
PICSDEMON 3 years ago
A few physical facts help. Firstly the gun weighs much moe than a rifle so it has more inertia and recoils more slowly - and less painfully - into your shoulder. Secondly, it's got a bipod supporting a fair proportion of the gun's weight and absorbing a portion of the recoil. Thirdly automatic and semi-automatic weapons tend to have a lower felt recoil because the guns action spreads the recoil blow out over a longer period.
Pureteenlard 3 years ago 2
oh thanks for the info man!
PICSDEMON 2 years ago
The bi-pod is the big factor in this vid.If you were to see same vid but with him firing in a standing position you would be seeing quite a lot more recoil.
mouskaka4 2 years ago
your 14.... u r prolly like 100 lbs.....
bigbob6556 2 years ago
yeah??? whats the problem? :I
PICSDEMON 2 years ago
Since you weigh less it takes a smaller force to push you backwards.
ZeppelinRules 2 years ago
the 303 Bren served the uk and the commonwealth troops very well in ww2 it was a class act in its time
shakemahead 3 years ago 2
kinda like a japenese lmg type
fallen572 3 years ago
sweet
0ut0fn0thingdrumer 3 years ago
oops..sorry Stutz, just scrolled back and saw you said the same thing. Apparently the experienced gunners used to prefer a worn barrel, it being so accurate, so as to give it more of a 'cone' or spread.
Unodosdom 3 years ago
I fired one when in the school Cadet Corps.Amazing LMG,amazing experience! This guy appears not to hold it properly;the left hand should grasp the butt over the top to the right of one's cheekbone.A hot cartridge case bouncing down your cuff and burning your wrist was not unknown...
Unodosdom 3 years ago
that is so awsome
deadtofall666 3 years ago
god, what i would give for a gun like that...
nobleziba 3 years ago
The best singer machine gun ever make!!!
telosfd 3 years ago
And it's still in production in India.
robert78b 3 years ago
Because they know what its mean "English" guns!!!
telosfd 3 years ago
They believe heavily in the idea of "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" which is why they make a great deal of old things still to this day, royal enfield motorbikes for instance and single cylinder/dual cylinder tractors which we stopped making when moses' dad fell off that tram in jo'burg!
FordPrefect23 3 years ago
i wanna do national service..:( shame it had to go..
Banno22 3 years ago
This is one heck of a machine gun. I think it is one of the greatest machine guns ever. To think the Czechs came up with the design. hmmm.
Saracenkiller 3 years ago 2
What was tha tsupposed to mean?
AlanAldaCZ 3 years ago
oops, i gather, you are Czech! lol. Na, i was just wondering, the british with their industrial power and inventive empire had to depend on a weapon designed by a much smaller state during the war, that's all!I was praising the Czechs! Tucked away in Europe and so inventive.;P
Saracenkiller 3 years ago
I know man, I was just kidding ;)
AlanAldaCZ 3 years ago
well done!!! nice video
petrwarry 3 years ago
Haven't heard that sound in years,
I hope that you do not mind, but you're holding the gun wrong.
Right hand on pistol grip, left hand holding the neck of the butt and then "cock" your wrists inwards...
Better control of the gun and better accuracy.
Remember to pull the gun well into your shoulder; as it tends to "walk" forward.
stutz788 3 years ago
I just watched the video and was going to say the same thing....
MIKEODWYER454 3 years ago
nicest machine gun made.
hot318 4 years ago
The last time I fired one of those was 39 years ago, during my National Service training. Excellent gun! On full auto, the first shot went just where I wanted it. The rest ... well ... enough said. Excellent gun, though. Not its fault I couldn't control it properly.
MarsFKA 4 years ago
Yeah, my Grandad always boasts that even though it was 'a bloody nuisance to carry' it could still hit the target 7/10 on full auto.
ekmad 4 years ago
Fantastic!
StantheGunman 4 years ago
I'VE been trained on it during my military service in the GREEK AIR FORCE (2002-2004).
Old but great gun
sfak4 4 years ago 2
Wow, how did you come upon a BREN?
Icarusdecending82 4 years ago 3
It's not mine, it belongs to a friend of me
abarth67 4 years ago
awesome dude just awesome. Sounds cool
travdogger 4 years ago 2
Dam thats a nice gun man
ak47wars 4 years ago 2