Pte Lewis John Jones (Release to Reserves certificate)
Date: 06/05/2012
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This time of day is early morning and the misty area in the background is The Yemen with their border Town being Qataba.,We were informed there were Russian made APCs there.
Posted by David Prichard on Fri 14 Aug 2020 08:04:55 EDT
We were on Water Patrol, collecting bowsers full for the Camp, we were very close to the old border with the Yemen at a place called Awabba. We were ‘loaded for bear for’ this being a Country where every adult male carried a loaded rifle with the .303” Lee Enfield being most commonly seen.
This was either the SMLE or the newer Number 4 model.
Posted by David Prichard on Mon 10 Aug 2020 15:37:15 EDT
Magazine on .303” Bren held 28 rounds, these were rimmed rounds , the 7.62mm Bren used rimless rounds.
Posted by David Prichard on Wed 05 Aug 2020 14:19:21 EDT
Me near old Border between Aden and Yemen, the Weapon is 7.62mm Bren, magazine holds 32 rounds, some were tracer. This is an up-date of the .303” Bren older Commandos will remember. Highly accurate and bought from the Brno Weapons Factory in Czechoslovakia the name being combination of Br from Brno and En for Enfield. The original Czech Models were described as “works of Art “ being so beautifully engineered. At 200 yards I could ‘keyhole’ with my shots the group being so tight they touched.
Posted by David Prichard on Sun 02 Aug 2020 12:16:44 EDT
This time of day is early morning and the misty area in the background is The Yemen with their border Town being Qataba.,We were informed there were Russian made APCs there.
Posted by David Prichard on Fri 14 Aug 2020 08:04:55 EDT