Conqueror MGs
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 5:04 am
I was looking at the specifications list for the British Heavy tank Conqueror, and it lists two (2) 7.62 MGs, and yet the Cupola MG on the Bovington Conqueror is either a Browning .30 or .50,
Does anyone know the actual MGs fitted or was it simply the case that the Tank Museum had a spare .30/.50 but no 7.62s.?
My own idea is that given its date and the main gun being American there is a greater chance of the MGs being Browning's if only because in 1955 I am not sure there was a British 7.62 MG,
I think the first British 7.62 MGs were re-engineered .303 Bren's but they were later,
They were just filling the gap until the introduction of the 7.62 GPMG.
Shaun.
Does anyone know the actual MGs fitted or was it simply the case that the Tank Museum had a spare .30/.50 but no 7.62s.?
My own idea is that given its date and the main gun being American there is a greater chance of the MGs being Browning's if only because in 1955 I am not sure there was a British 7.62 MG,
I think the first British 7.62 MGs were re-engineered .303 Bren's but they were later,
They were just filling the gap until the introduction of the 7.62 GPMG.
Shaun.