The Bren gun was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While best known for its role...
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A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry...
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passing resemblance to the Bren light machine gun. The Type 73 is based on a 1960s-era Soviet design, most likely the PK machine gun (PKM), although the date...
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new light machine gun capable of firing the same ammunition, the Type 99 light machine gun. Due to their visual resemblance to the British Bren light machine...
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light machine gun, adopted in 1932 by the Indian Army. The VB, like the Bren light machine gun, used a locking tilting breechblock. Unlike the Bren,...
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Universal Carrier (redirect from Bren Gun Carrier)
also known as the Bren gun carrier and sometimes simply the Bren carrier from the light machine gun armament, is a family of light armoured tracked vehicles...
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magazine fed, it had a rate of fire similar to other light machine guns, like the Bren light machine gun, but low when compared to its main wartime rivals...
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Vickers–Berthier (redirect from Vickers light machine gun)
tipping bolt mechanism similar to the Bren light machine gun, was air-cooled like the Bren and also like the Bren had a removable barrel. It was adopted...
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was used by communist forces during the Korean War. Bren light machine gun Type 96 light machine gun Bishop, The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II...
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ZB vz. 26 (category Light machine guns)
influenced many other light machine gun designs including the British Bren light machine gun and the Japanese Type 97 heavy tank machine gun. The ZB-26 is famous...
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