Word: bren
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...bolt upright in surprise when War Office Secretary Douglas Hacking announced that His Majesty's Government are abandoning the U. S.-invented Lewis automatic rifle in favor of the "superior" Czechoslovak-invented Bren submachine gun. This will be made in Britain under a patent agreement as with the Lewis gun. For heavier work the Army will continue to use standard British machine guns turned out by Vickers...