Definition of Bren gun

1. Noun. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II.

Exact synonyms: Bren
Generic synonyms: Submachine Gun

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bren Gun

Breanna
Brecht
Brechtian
Brecknockshire
Brecon
Brecon Beacons
Breconshire
Breda
Breda's disease
Breeden
Breiz
Bremelo
Bremelos
Bremen
Bren
Bren gun
Brenda
Brendan
Brenden
Brenna
Brennan
Brennschluss
Brennschlüsse
Brent
Brer Rabbit
Breschet's bones
Breschet's canals
Breschet's hiatus
Breschet's sinus

Literary usage of Bren gun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Papuan Campaign: The Buna-Sanananda Operation: 16 Nov. 1942-23 Jan. 1943 by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"Bren-gun carriers which had been counted on to spearhead the attack failed to arrive because of a shortage in shipping. The infantry, attacking at dawn, ..."

2. Another Man's Shoes by Sven Somme (2005)
"The Lieutenant set another soldier with another bren gun to search my pockets for weapons. Then I was placed in a lorry just behind the steering house. ..."

3. Along Parallel Lines: A History of the Railways of New South Wales by John Gunn (1989)
"'Works completed', said Hartigan, 'included the machining of brackets for Bren gun carriers, the rough machining of gun barrels, ..."

4. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"Having done an eight-hour shift they would come off and spend two or three hours learning to man a bren gun or a ..."

5. 54 by Wu Ming (2005)
"... if you're caught no one, I mean no one, will be on your side, your brother will come after you with his bren gun, and what can you offer Angela? ..."

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