re: #45 kirkspencer

The question was why the British replaced the Lewis with the Bren.

As to the US, let us not forget General Crozier and his intense personal dislike of Colonel Lewis - which meant the Ordnance department he was in charge of absolutely refused to approve the Colonel’s machine gun.

it is arguable that the Ordinance Department did as much damage to the Army over the past two hundred years as our varied enemies. The cluster f**k surrounding the acceptance of a repeating rifle was only exceeded by the one foisting the M14 on the Army.