BREN Mk.1

[thehumangunstore]

Built in Canada? FUCK YA

[Ultranationalist941]

my grandad mowed down a few japs with this weapon

[TheVeneth]

@MasterJodaJediDoctor Find out yourself since there is the a risk that you couldnt understand my incoherent ramblings.. ....

[TheVeneth]

@MasterJodaJediDoctor my incoherent ramblings gave me two thumbs ups in the video and foreigner language.. so you know wht you can you.. stuff yourself you lying no good prick!

[TheVeneth]

@MasterJodaJediDoctor  piss off double faced moron..

[HellsingHellsingBR]

what is the advantage of having the magazine on top of the gun?

[worthatronproduction]

@HellsingHellsingBR it's easier to feed the weapon. instead of the mag spring acting against gravity to pust the rounds up, the spring acts with gravity to push the rounds down.

[bizzarementbrun]

@HellsingHellsingBR The way I understand it is gravity always helps but mostly you can get down low into the dirt. If you had the mag underneath you cannot get as low. Look at the US .45 Greasegun from WW II and imagine being on your belly and look at how high your head would have to be raised up. I may be wrong but that's the way I understand it. I do for a fact know that this weapon is dead on balls accurate as I have fired one quite a few times. Hiope this helps.

[ww2footage]

the only weapon which was considered "too accurate" ...

[Warhawk210]

whats the difference between the bren mk 1 nd mk 2..

[TheVeneth]

@Warhawk210 none.. both are licensed zb.26 chambered in .303 br. :D

[Warhawk210]

whats the difference between the mk 1 nd mk 2..

[worthatronproduction]

@Warhawk210 mk 2 had: Folding leaf rear sight Buttstrap deleted Rear grip deleted Fixed height bipod Fixed cocking handle the mk. 1 had: Drum pattern rear aperture sight Buttstrap for use over the shoulder when firing Rear grip under butt Telescoping bipod Folding cocking handle

[jonasldg]

a madsen clone

[worthatronproduction]

@jonasldg a modified ZB vz. 26 actualy, the madsen had a diferent machinism altogether. although, as the madsen was probably the first true LMG, the ZB vz. was taken from this weapon. the only things that are similar between the bren and the madsen is butt/cheek piece and the magazine

[Geralveg2011]

In the Chaco War (Bolivia - Paraguay, 1932-1935), the Bolivian army had in service a large number of Czech vz 26. Thousands of these weapons were captured by the Paraguayan fighting men and used by the Paraguayan army throughout the war and are still found in the Paraguayan army reserve stocks, rebuilt and rechamberred to 7.62 Nato in Brazil during the mid 1980's.

[danielem16]

my great-uncle used a Bren on the japs when he was in the usa 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.

[SvenTviking]

The type 99 Japanese gun is from the same Czech basic design as the Bren. It even fired a 7.7 mm rimmed round derived from the .303. But for some reason they put a bullet oiling contraption on it, the same as on their Hotchkiss derived medium machineguns.

[SvenTviking]

But they are really a bit heavy for patrol work, they didn't call the M60 "The pig" for nothing. MG34s and 42s had the high rate of fire for the antiaircraft role. This made em terrifying for allied troops facing them, but also wasted a LOT of ammo. Why kill a man with ten rounds when one will do.

[SvenTviking]

General purpose machine guns are ment to do several roles, LMG, medium machine gun and antiaircraft. They are a compramise to fill all these roles. When used as a LMG, a GPMG needs some form of bag or container to carry the belt, like the Minimi

[SvenTviking]

A few points; LMGs are ment to be carried on patrol and used by the gunner as his weapon when close contact is made. Thats why the Bren was magazine fed. Otherwise you would be dragging the belt thru the shit and foliage.

[lucasrajadadefogo]

que musica e essa

[7JDH7NL7]

where do you get these old songs?

[futsalfred2]

I don't know why, the the Bren is just so god damn cool.

[amit79ful]

maginificient weapon still manufacture to this day in India

[sav5551]

Bren mk 1 made in Czechoslovakia in WW1 wiil be Czech soldiers

[worthatronproduction]

@sav5551 wrong weapon mate

[wild50gunner]

Great song writen before the germans out fought the French and BEF back when they thought the war would be pretty easy and they would be storming the german defences (the siegfried line) in 1940

[sav5551]

bren made in czechoslovakia

in 1914

[wild50gunner]

@sav5551 youre only off by 10 years :)

[IndoAtheist]

with LE and sten gun this baby was the favorite gun for "republiken"guerilla fighter when we fought for our independence 1945-1949

[Starscream3352]

The strangest thing about the Bren MK.I is that the hammer actually moves faster than the recoil the Bren makes. As a result, the recoil actually pushes you FORWARD instead of back.

[stutz788]

@Starscream3352

Yes, the Bren did "walk forward"; that's why you had to "cock" your wrists and pull the gun into you.

BTW: The Bren doesn't have a firing "hammer", the entire working parts are kept to the rear, retained by the sear, until the trigger is pressed. Then the working parts are released forward, stripping a round from the magazine, feeding it into the chamber and then the fixed firing pin fires the round. Same action as the Sten or the Stirling SMG.

Just a small point.

[bodicatudor]

when i was in the cadets i was the number 1 and 2 on occasions...great weapon fired it many occasions....

[pvtherman]

Where did you get the picture at 2:01 - Do you happen to still have it or remember where you got it?

[worthatronproduction]

@pvtherman i dont realy know. i got it from a site that sells deactivated weapons, but don't know which one

[pvtherman]

@worthatronproduction - Ah well at least a clue for me to look in terms of google searching. Thank you for your reply.

[willobi]

happy cadet days with that weapon.

[worthatronproduction]

@willobi we use lthe LSW and the l98a2 cadet gp rifle, aswel as the lee enfield no.8 now

[RipTard93]

How they can aim? There is the magazine in the way i think...

[worthatronproduction]

@RipTard93 the sights are to the side of the magazine

[Raspout1981]

@csmybuttt

Online Marketing, search it on wikipedia.

[csmybuttt]

@Raspout1981 erm. perhaps.

[csmybuttt]

@Raspout1981 A personal attack? But why? You made an assumption that the Bren was not a formidable LMG, and I merely corrected you on it? Why did I call you idiot? Because you assumed; the tone of your words said such. Making a personal attack? That's just a low blow; that just makes you an elitist prick.

[Raspout1981]

I would much rather have prefered to have a real machinegun...this clip fed machine gun cant suppress for long enough...how many bullets ? 30 ? This makes it an assault rifle...its not a machinegun to me...a machinegun fires belts of bullets....not clips...in my opinion that is.

[worthatronproduction]

it is a light machine gun, not a heavy machine gun. besides, like the lewis gun, it too can be fitted with a drum magazine which holds 100 rounds. the tipe which you are talking about is that of a heay machine gun.

[spartan3753]

i herad that the bren gets jam very quickly...is this true???

[Mcplkelly]

Gun had a reputation for being very reliable. Even if it did jam it was very easy to unjam. Apperently in North Africa it had some problems with the sand though.

[4thindians]

@Mcplkelly in north afrika it caused a huge problem but as good old british indernuity seemst to fix alot of problesm guess what they came up with to sort this issue out.....useing less oil and it worked a treat but and a big but i seemed to sand blast evrything down to a mirror sheen lol

[worthatronproduction]

in france, my grandad was in a group that stormed a german trench. after they had cleared it, there was only the dug out left to clear. a sargeant orded my grandad (who was a bren gunner) to spray the room with bullets. my grandad thought there would'nt be anyone in there because it was so dark. but anyway, he pulled the cocking handle back, and fired, but the bren gun jammed because of all the dust and bits in the air. a few seconds after this a hitlers youth came running out with his hands up.

[F4Wildcat]

@spartan3753 Early versions of brens had this yes. Later on things improved.

It all depended how the troops handled the magazines. many bren-gunners loaded only 27-28 bullets in the magazine instead of 30

[stutz788]

@F4Wildcat

Although the capacity of the magazine was 30 rounds, we were always instructed to only load 28 rounds into the magazine; this prevented overloading the magazine spring and prevented "mis-feed" stoppages.

[ajb7876]

@spartan3753 During my own army service i quickly learnt that the gas cylinder and gas piston have to be kept very clean or the weapon will totally jam up,to the point that you cannot even cycle the weapon by hand.at one point I had to stand on the cocking handle with my foot to open the breach.but if you do keep it clean its a fucking brilliant weapon.

[m3bobby]

Nice vid, a small note though, Longbranch didn't make Brens, Inglis were the sole Canadian contractor. I've read a number of posts saying the Bren is too accurate, its not, it maybe accurate for a LMG but its no where near rifle accurate. Take it from someone who has a few, Mk1, Mk1ms, Mk2s, Mk3s and L4s, there not accurate.

[jimnumberuno]

i dont think u wold be able to heat the barrel up enough with only 30 rounds at a time at around 550 rounds a minute.

[Gooner018]

God why does everyone get so patriotic about it "it was made by czecks" who cares? The MG42's bolt system was Polish designed. Tanks are a british invention. Who cares?? the streaks of piss on the side of that building where produced by me after a pissup. WHO CARES!?

[rumturd]

your a WANKER,and yes i do mean WANKER

[bizzarementbrun]

@Gooner018 While I agree wholeheartedly with you that people get way too excited on here, I must ask which building did you relieve the outward pressure on the inner walls of your bladder on? I say this because I fear they may be mine and you sir, are taking credit for my streaks. Happy new year by the way.

[rumturd]

I have spoken to a few diggers and they all said the bren was too good for a light machinge gun role.Instead of spraying rounds like most machine guns it was very accurate and would cut people in half.

[Salguine]

@rumturd

That's true, and midway through the war it was actually redesigned to spread its shots slightly wider. It must be the only time in history a gun was ever "improved" by REDUCING its accuracy.

[worthatronproduction]

G.P.M.G = General Purpose Machine Gun

[TheVeneth]

its ZB 26 recalibrated for .303 british round and produced under licence.. by the way the recalibration work has been done in Czechoslovakia for british forces.. why didnt you hate us at those days, everything could have been now much easier.. you would work in my country and would be me who would call you in f.ucking english heh?

[worthatronproduction]

@TheVeneth say again?

[TheVeneth]

@worthatronproduction fuck you!

[worthatronproduction]

@TheVeneth fair enough

[bizzarementbrun]

@worthatronproduction I agree with whatever you said :-)

I'm glad he has his English expletives down pat, even if his grammar leaves something to be desired. Still, his English is much better than my Checx, CZech, Cheskslovakian (How do you spell it?).

[5000433]

The GPMG replaced the Vickers for sustained fire.

The LSW replaced the L7 (Bren) in the early 80s!

[worthatronproduction]

even tho the L7 was used in the Faulklands

[m3bobby]

A little correction, The GPMG is the L7 and the 7.62mm Bren is the L4 series.

[5000433]

Quite right. My error

[worthatronproduction]

but is still accurate, lol

[Stormcrow180]

It doesn't need to be acurate you point it in roughly towards the enemy and pull the trigger, seing as the bullets fire in a sort of cone you will hit the target.

[1airplane21]

how do you look though the sights if the magazine is in the way

[IrishHitman79]

The BAR is good in its own right did well in ww1 and was great fire support for the infantry in ww2, but the Bren was much better in the LMG role in almost every way. 20 rounds was too small for a LMG and it was a nightmare if it had to be striped in the battlefield. IMO anyway the Bren was the choice to take.

[Xdust5]

I think the BAR was about as good as the Bren could ever be.

[worthatronproduction]

in what way?

[JRBL1A1]

You're wrong in almost every way. The BREN was superior in almost every manner.

[ricoar]

The FN MAG is the same gun as the GPMG, just two different names for it.

So you "corrected" me, by telling me the exact same thing as I said.

The reason I did not count the LSW is that it was hardly used in its intended role as a Support gun before the M249 was introduced.

[opel1111]

Ahh I knew there was Similarity could'nt place what it was in the ammo type

[opel1111]

The Japs had one during WW2 if im correct but called it Type 99 and fired differant ammo

[worthatronproduction]

sorry, bullshit refering to ... ?

[kai199191]

ur ass!

[gazzavc]

Great job on the production. First class.

Thanks for sharing it.

[scimatarpictures]

the type 99 was just a copy of the bren and the hotchkiss and was quite light compared to the bren but the bren was unbeatable

[mediamafiaproduction]

yea

[worthatronproduction]

i thought they used the L.S.W?

[mediamafiaproduction]

nah thats the brits mate.

[worthatronproduction]

i thought we were talking about the british, but i have just read it again

[mediamafiaproduction]

nah the aussies used the m60 in vietnam and that was the 60s

[Brit5523]

mediamafiaproduction, slight correction... the type 99 shoots the 7.7X58mm round which yes is .311 which is the same size diameter that the bren shoots but the actual cartridge is different

[mediamafiaproduction]

ah yes you mean the head ?

yea no worries thanks for that mate

[Brit5523]

sorry bout the faulty vocab

[mediamafiaproduction]

u know that was the reason the bren was taken out of service ?

it was far to accurate i know its stupid but the reason was when the enemy was spreading out you had to pin point on every person .

the m60 replaced the bren because the m60 when fired sprayed its bullets in a area of 1m square ,

[ricoar]

What? The Bren was a British gun, the M60 was American. The Brits never used M60s, and the Americans never used Bren Guns.

Technically, the direct replacement of the Bren Gun in British Army Service is the LSW as both were designed for Section use. T

imeline-wise The replacement of the Bren would be the GPMG, which has since been pushed into a different role by the British equivalent of the M249 SAW.

[Imm0rtalTrax]

the m60 wasnt in ww2 either

[sumtinlikethat]

wow call of duty is stupid they call this gun the type 99 lmg

[rainhamendgill]

the type 99 was manufactured by the japanese so cod did not get it wrong its a simple mistake even i made it

[worthatronproduction]

the type 99was a rip off of the bren, even though the bren is realy a rip of of the czech zb cz..26

[Jackhammer685]

Jesus Christ, sumtinlikethat, BREN is BREN, TYPE 99 is TYPE 99. And TP99 was produced from bren...

[xXSoiledTrousersXx]

actually  the type 99 came in at 1936 and the bren one year later.

[HalberdierH]

xXSoiledTrousersXx: Type 99 was designed in 1939, BREN was designed in 1935.

[janak19771977]

the bren was a licenced cz 26 not a rip of

the 99 was a rip of captured cz 26 which the japanese captured of chinese before ww2

[pwner9999]

What version of COD? Because in 5 that is actually a Type 99.

[palladin11]

Brens were also manufactured by Inglis in Canada 1:10

[worthatronproduction]

oh yea, i forgot that

[DannyJamesRead]

The bren gun is one of the most accurate machine guns ever made so accurate its

too accurate giving it more of a automatic

rifle role more than a machine gun.

[1MrTrap1]

good gun

[Lasarus89]

what's the name of the song??

[worthatronproduction]

by vera lynn, called bless e'm all, we're gonna hang out the washing, kiss me good-night sgt. major medley.

thats what it says

[StantheGunman]

Very nice indeed! Love the music to, the Bren Gun is one of my favorit LMGs.

[D0BL0]

nice slide-show vid. i want one !