Bren .303 inch Mk III light machine gun, 1954 (c)

Manufactured at Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, 1954 (c).

One of the finest light machine guns ever produced, the Bren was the centre of a platoon's firepower in all theatres of operation. The Mark 3 was designed to be shorter and lighter variant for jungle use but was used everywhere. The Bren eventually became the Machine Gun L4 when the NATO cartridge was adopted at the end of National Service. It was used operationally in the Falklands War even though it was allegedly verging on obsolescence.