31. Bren gun carriers of the West Nova Scotia Regiment in training at Aldershot, Hampshire, England, December 1939 . ]]32. Rushing forward and firing his Bren gun from the hip, he cleared a path through the enemy and inflicted several casualties. 33. The TADEN would replace the Bren gun as the light machine gun and the Vickers machine gun as the medium machine gun. 34. Boys anti-tank rifles were useless against the German tanks, although Bren gun fire was effective against the German infantry. 35. Each man was issued their personal weapons and ammunition as well as up to nine hand grenades and four Bren gun magazines. 36. To their west the Royal Winnipegs stopped at Elm Line, and began to erect defensive positions with Bren Gun carriers and artillery. 37. Captain Ervine-Andrews personally accounted for seventeen of the enemy with his rifle, and for many more with a Bren gun . 38. Bren gun carriers of the 2nd Battalion, Loyal Regiment ( North Lancashire ) in training, Malaya, October 1941 . ]]39. On another occasion, the Troop prepared to repel enemy tanks and infantry with armour-piercing 40 mm shot and Bren guns . 40. In that survey the PIAT was ranked the number one most outstandlingly effective weapon, followed by the Bren gun in second place.