NEW MACHINE GUN
For British Array TO REPLACE LEWIS GUN. CRei- ved J ly '.l at 7.55 p.m.) LONDON J a y 30. The Biitisli Army's Lewis gun is fu bt replaced by a new weapon. This • » r, Czc-.-Lo-S ovakian light maeh'no gun. The ant c inceißunt was made by Cap toTi Hack: ;g in the Hotbv of Commons. The now guns will be manufacture-': at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Tin “Daily Telegraph” says: Th new gun. which is named the Bren, win be u v 1 with bipod or a tripod. I: cam also be fired from the shoulder. Tt« < a ibre i o . It fires 550 rounds per minute. The gun is operated by gas’ p-iwsure II Jani less than does the Lewis gun. It is also suitable for u e by the cavalry. With its bipod, it weiglw twenty-one pounds, or six p unis 10-.- th-in the Lewis gun.
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Grey River Argus, 1 August 1935, Page 5
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155NEW MACHINE GUN Grey River Argus, 1 August 1935, Page 5
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