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I was doing some reading, and the reason the bren had the magazine on top was because the shooter was able the stay really close the the ground with a higher capacity magazine. Then I seen the Johnson M1941 with the magazine on the side ( higher capacity magazine) Then the BAR with a small magazine ( so they also could stay low to the ground) Wonder why they did not put the Johnson into mass production? I do realize they had the BAR in WW1 with the cup on the ammo belt for trench sweeping. But why not the Johnson in WW2 ???
 
Good day fellow gunnutz :) New day new picture. I think this is really neat and wonder why they were not put into mass production during the second world war?

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Cheers
Joe
 
Johnson LMG, firing full-auto (bolt-handle is to the rear). If it was on semi-auto it would be firing from a closed bolt. Jerry stole the whole trigger mech for the FG-42, so somebody appreciated the thing.

Note the very thin magazine: single column feed, held only 20 rounds but changed real quick. The whole gun could be disassembled into 3 short pieces and air-dropped; you could have it together and firing less than 1 minute after unpacking it.

A LOT of serious thinking went into that critter.
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Note the very thin magazine: single column feed, held only 20 rounds but changed real quick. Thanks smellie :)


I never noticed how thin the magazine was ! I wonder if they ever though to make it a belt fed :)
 
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Cool. I assume these ladies would have worked on assembly lines?

I like how they kept their hair up...it would be an art to do and keep from falling out.
 
photo is at John Inglis factory in Toronto,..the Bren gun look to chambered for 7.92mm, for the Chinese Army,..all the guns in the photo have the straight mag, rather than curved mag.. for .303 British
 
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Here's an interesting photo of a weapons collection depot in west germany just after WW2 - allied soldiers collecting and storing Nazi regime small arms for war reparations (i.e. redistribution to other allied countries), destruction and for limited issue to West German state or police forces.

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I wish I had kept the photo I once had of similar depots in the Russian zone of occupation. No orderly pallets there - thousands of guns piled into unorganized heaps the size of small mountains, left out in the elements. These later became the RC K98k's we used to buy a few years ago :)

Now for some photos of the heydays of Springfield Sporters back in the early-1990's before the Gun registry and State Dept restrictions on firearms exports when you could easily order milsurps from the US with minimal difficulty.

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As I recall, I bought my first Gew88 from them back in 1992 or so - it shipped right to my front door without any paperwork as the US considered it an uncontrolled antique and Canada Customs didn't open the parcel. I did have an FAC that I would have had to produce at the border had it been stopped and opened, but it wasn't... :)
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Ahhh. I remember a time when Inglis made Brens and Hi power pistols. Now all they make is refrigerators and washing machines and other household appliences. Some would say (me included) that they should have never switched back to making civilian items. :(
 
New Day New Picture :) this one is in the Aleutian islands. My fathers father served in Alaska and he still has a couple of Japanese anti aircraft shells. I will see him today and see if I can borrow them for some pics :)

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Cheers
Joe
 
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