Sorry, typo on my part, I meant bipod. As I said just passing on what I saw and found interesting.
That incident you describe could have been disastrous!! Good job No. 2 was alert. Was there any action taken afterwards?

Precisely what they were saying in the documentary I was referring too. Some weapons need to be accurate, some need to spread the shot or projectiles. The Bren was very accurate and although it could be turned/moved around by the operator this required time/effort etc. depending on position and circumstances when the same could be achieved by having a less accurate weapon. It changed the thinking of always trying to produce accurate weapons to actually designing some being less accurate and actually providing an advantage. I found it interesting as I had never heard of this before, it may be cr@p but I could see the logic. I have no experience of firing/operating these things so obviously value the opinions of John Green and others who have first hand experience.

Absolutely agree he deserves a mention. My wife and her father were big fans of his and we saw him in concert 3 times and he was brilliant. R.I.P. Donny (my wife’s name for him).

Well put trumper (#445). I went to see it with Mrs sgt.austin on Saturday night. Me, the enthusiast with some knowledge of what happened found it enjoyable to watch and well made (except the burning Spitfire mock-up at the end!!) but disappointing in that , for me it didn’t portray the whole story of the events as well as I was expecting and felt let down by the lack of plot/storyline. Mrs sgt.austin, the ordinary person with little knowledge of the events, found it incredibly exciting but also incredibly moving. At one point, she was close to tears as the ship was sinking and all the young lads were struggling to get out, some drowning, some burning etc. and those that managed to survive only to be shot at/bombed again. She said that for the first time she understood the horrors of what these young chaps went through and why I get so passionate about remembrance day etc. Don’t get me wrong, she has always been respectful of our veterans and has taken part in remembrance services but this really moved her. She asked what would have happened to the pilot stood on the beach at the end. When I told her that he would probably have been taken prisoner and kept locked up for the next five years if he was lucky enough to survive she was stunned. She couldn’t get over the terrible waste of the young lives.
My son saw it with friends a week earlier. He had some knowledge of the events but also found it an incredible story and enjoyed the fast moving pace and action.
If the film has the same effect on other ordinary filmgoers as it did my wife and son then it has been worthwhile and for me done it’s job and my disappointment doesn’t matter.