Deactivated Breda Bren Mk II 7.62mm Light Machine Gun in Matching Wooden Box

Deactivated Italian Breda Bren .30-06 Calibre Light Machine Gun. Matching Numbers, BMB - Breda Meccanica Brescia manufacture and post war dated in excellent deactivated condition. Complete with Transit Chest, Spare matching number Barrel and Cleaning Rod. Latest EU spec, with moving trigger, selector, cocking handle (under spring pressure). These little known Breda made Brens were made in Italy from 1959 until the mid 1970’s for the Corpo Delle Guardie, a blanket term for paramilitary police, who are responsible for guarding all government infrastructure, bodyguards, strikes on the Mafia, and suppression of political radicals. They were only ever made in .30-06 Calibre but are marked 7.62 This is because the Italians use the metric system, and .30 calibre in metric is 7.62mm. Just slightly confusing! The Bren was a modified version of a Czechoslovak-designed light machine gun, the ZB Vz. 26, which British Army officials had tested during a firearms service competition in the 1930s. They were loved by the troops who used them as they rarely went wrong and withstood all conditions equally well. They were very accurate and because they could fire in semi auto, they were often used to pick off long range targets. It was such an effective design that in modified form, it served in the British armed forces until very recently. They can still be found in Africa and work perfectly well to this day.
Comes with official UK deactivation certificate and marks.