B is for Bren Guns - Lots of 'Em

Having mentioned them earlier, we might as well tick the box! I only have the five poses, so a way to go yet, but I was late to this large-scale malarkey!

Cherilea's 60mm 8th Army; I suspect the were sculpted by the same guy responsible for the outrageous UN set and slightly manic East/Central/King's African Rifles, but he was clearly improving with each stab at the art, and these are really quite nice, a bit gawkey, while the running guy has some Dr. Who weapon or something, but they'll do!

I have to thank Bill from Moonbase Central for the well-painted kneeling guy who was one of the first to join the squad about ten years ago . . . I know I keep asking it, but where does the bloody time go?!! It just sort of leaks away . . . whole years of it . . . while you're not looking!

Colour variation in the prone grenade-thrower and a re-issue to the right.

Another nicely painted one and another re-issue, I think the left-hand one was from this year's (or last year's) Plastic Warrior show? It's a new addition anyway, and another Brno-Enfield .303" LMG! I've fired them, a reassuring series of steady thuds to the shoulder and a solid, regular, heavy sound, but a 30-round magazine was no match for those 'Spandau's', they fed rounds into the field-of-battle like Satan's seed-drills!

As an aside; the old factory building for MG34/42's was about two-hundred yards from Wavell Barracks, and you could walk past it on your way into town, it was a slightly 'long-way' but only a minute or so, and you could see the age and signs of the Allied bombing/Soviet finality in what was left of the outer wall's brickwork.

Although by then it was being used for storage or car-mechanics or something . . . I have a feeling it was the local dairy? It was a bit like an old French farm in the middle of low-rise concrete flats, long, low workshop/stable type buildings round a central walled yard. At least . . . we were told it was the old Spandau machine-gun works!