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Here we see the crew of a Bren Gun Carrier looking at a moment erected by the Italians after they captured Sidi Barrani in September 1940. Sidi Barrani was recaptured by the British (for the first time of many) on 10-11 December 1940 during Operation Compass, and this picture was taken on 16 December, after the fighting had moved on.
© IWM (E 1389)
Bren Gun Carrier – Britain’s Universal War Machine, Robert Jackson.
A look at one of the most numerous tracked vehicles in British service during the Second World War, originally designed to carry machine guns to the location where they were needed, but soon adapted to fulfil a much wider range of functions. Found wherever British and Commonwealth forces fought during the Second World War, this was one of the most flexibly vehicles in British service (Read Full Review)
