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25 rounds
editThe article says: "Lieutenant Tom Hogg, surviving a bayonet attack before firing all 25 rounds in his rifle killing his assailant"
As far as I am aware no British rifle at that time had a magazine of 25 rounds, I think either the number is wrong or he was using something like a sten sub-machine gun.-- PBS (talk) 11:17, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
- I have checked the original source of Street (2003) page 83 which says "...emptied the twenty-five round magazine into him" with 'him' being the attacking Japanese soldier. However the type of weapon used is not mentioned. That said, it is noted by Street (2003) that earlier in the day Hogg was using a Bren Gun as the previous gun crew had been killed. I will do a little more research before updating the main article, however I agree that weapon was unlikely to have been a rifle. Hargs775 (talk) 17:24, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- A Bren fits. According to the article Bren light machine gun#Second World War: "The 30-round magazine was in practice usually filled with 27 or 28 rounds to prevent jams and avoid wearing out the magazine spring." -- PBS (talk) 21:19, 20 July 2015 (UTC)