Bren gun

The Bren has been used in the following films

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Bren Mk1 - .303 caliber

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Bren Mk2 - .303 caliber

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Bren L4A4 - 7.62x51mm NATO. Note the straight magazine (due to the rimless 7.62 NATO rounds) and the slotted flash hider.

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An evolution of the Czech designed ZB26 the Bren gun became one of the most successful British small arms designs of the 20th century, it's use lasting well into the 1980's (albeit in 7.62mm NATO). Noted for its side mounted sights and relatively low rate of fire (500 rpm average) the Bren gun was manufactured, and used, worldwide.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
New Kids Turbo	Flip van der Kuil	Barry		2010
Kokoda		Australian soldiers		2010
Tobruk				2008
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The	John Hannah	Jonathan		2008
Atonement				2007
Black Book				2006
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Huggy Leaver	Paul		1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Suzy Ratner	Gloria		1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Ronnie Fox	Mickey		1998
Death Raiders				1984
Les Morfalous	Jean-Paul Belmondo	Sergeant Pierre Augagneur		1984
L'Africain		The poacher	L4	1983
The Wild Geese		Various mercenaries		1978
A Bridge Too Far		British soldiers		1977
Too Late the Hero	Sean MacDuff	Private Rogers		1970
If...	Malcolm McDowell	Mick Travis		1968
The Longest Day	Sean Connery	Private Flanagan		1963
From Russia With Love				1963
Dr. No		Crab Key guard		1962
Konga		British soldier		1961
The Guns of Navarone	James Darren	Private Spiros Pappadimos		1961
The Giant Behemoth		British soldiers		1959
The Young Lions		British soldiers		1958
Desert Rats, The		Australian commandos		1953
Went the Day Well?		German Paratroopers		1942

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Prisoner	Patrick McGoohan	No. 6	.	1968

Videogames

Game Title	Modifications	Notes	Release Date
Hidden & Dangerous			1999
The Royal Marines Commando		Bren Mk2	2008
Hour of Victory			2008
Call of Duty 3			2006
Call of Duty 2			2005
Silent Storm			2003
Forgotten Hope		Man-portable, mounted in machine gun nests and bunkers and on the Universal Carrier and M3A1 Halftrack	2003
Call of Duty			2003
Battlefield: 1942		Secret Weapons of WWII Expansion pack	2002
World War II Online: Battleground Europe		Bren Mk2	2001
Clive Barker's Jericho	w/ bayonet	unusable	2007
Hidden & Dangerous 2			2003
Karma Online			2011

Anime

Character	Film Title	Note	Date
Perrine Clostermann	Strike Witches		2008-present

See Also

• Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield