What does 'Bren' stand for in reference to the World War II era machine gun?

Answer 1

The Bren name was formed as a contraction from "BRno" and "ENfield" Royal Small Arms Factory, or RSAF, in Enfield, where the British Army manufactured a modified Czech design of the Czech ZB vz.26. In 1935 Following extensive trials of the light machine gun which been manufactured in Brno Czechoslovakia. The ZB vz.26 was not actually submitted for the trials, instead a slightly modified model was submitted; the ZB vz. 27. A license to manufacture was sought and the Czech design was modified to British requirements. The major changes were in the magazine and barrel. The magazine was curved in order to feed the .303 British rimmed cartridges, a change from the various rimless Mauser-design cartridges used to date, such as the 7.92 mm Mauser round. These modifications were categorized in various numbered designations, ZB vz. 27, ZB vz. 30, ZB version. 32, and finally the ZB vz., 33, which became the Bren. .

Note: vz= Version


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Answer 2

ya they got it i would love to get a Bren i only have the Sten MK2 sub machine gun that was introduced in 1941 having been developed by Reginald Vernon Sheppherd and Harold John Turpin the guns name was derived by combining the first initials of the last names of the two designers and the first two letters of the place of development Enfield

Answer 3

An amalgam of Br (for Brno, where the design originated) and En (for Enfield, the English manufacturer).