Bren gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bren gun
1935–40; Br(no) , Moravia + En ( field ), England, towns of manufacture
Example Sentences
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Bren gun carriages were up 64%, guns of various calibres from 50% to 228%, small arms 49% to 186%, ammunition 35% to 420%.
From Time Magazine Archive
But two and a half years later, with Canada at war, the Winnipeg Free Press broke the story that the old Bren gun contract had been canceled and relet on a management-fee basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
So if you can't oblige us with a Bren gun The Home Guard might as well go home.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Montreal's war plants Willkie watched tanks and Bren gun carriers moving off production lines, saw aircraft, minesweepers and corvettes abuilding.
From Time Magazine Archive
To complete the course we hurled a few Mills bombs, fired a Bren gun, marched around a bit and behaved as soldiers were supposed to do and then we returned to our more sedentary duties.��
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John
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