The RH&DR armoured train packs a punch!
People who know about these things tell me the fat gun nearest the camera is a Lewis gun with the other one being a Bren. Not sure what the different or significance is but I'm sure you'd want to be at the trigger end rather then the other.
The Lewis is fitted to a pole so it can be swung around. The Bren is on a circular rail which I assume rotates. There is a fitting for a second weapon here, apparently a Boyes anti-tank rifle for when the Bosh are coming up the beach.
Fitting the guns is a superglue job. The Bren is moulded in to the soldier figure whereas the Lewis is a separate item. I've tested it with the figure and recon that the white metal support will bend to accommodate him.
(Information on guns picked up from the GnATTERbox forum)
3 comments:
Phil, it is difficult to see on the photo, but all the guns look like the Lewis type, i.e. with a round ammunition magazine lying flat on top of the gun. A Bren magazine is a quarter (?) of a circle and is vertical like a coxcomb. The Bren gun barrel is more rifle size than the Lewis, which looks like a large piece of pipe. Regards Barry Johnson
The bren is in fact a Boys anti tank rifle
The second gun is the Boys anti tank rifle, not a bren.
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