# "SHOOT TO KILL" WORLD WAR II BRITISH ARMY INFANTRY WEAPONS TRAINING FILM BREN GUN 17124

This World War II-era British training film, produced by Byron Pictures, Ltd., shows the importance of waiting for a target to move into the ideal range of a series of guns in order to have the best shot possible. The film covers the defensive and offensive firing of a Thompson submachine gun, a standard rifle (appears to be a Lee-Enfield rifle), a Bren light machine gun, the Boys Anti-Tank Rifle, and the anti-tank Ordnance QF 2-pounder by giving scenarios of incorrectly firing too soon followed by a scenario of correctly firing the various guns when the targets are in the most desired range to effectively shoot to kill. The film opens with footage of WWII and Nazi forces driving tanks and moving artillery. The film superimposes images of featured weapons, showing a Thompson submachine gun, the Bren gun, the anti-tank rifle, and the rifle. The first scenario of the film shows a unit in a foxhole across an open field surrounded by woods and bush. There is a panning shot of the field. The British troops sit in a foxhole (02:07). A corporal examines his range card. German troops emerge from the woods (03:08), and the British troops fire their rifles, missing the Nazis. The corporal explains the range to his men in the foxhole (04:14). Two Germans leave the woods, and a British soldier aims his Bren machine gun at them. More Germans emerge from the woods and cross the field, moving closer to the position of the British troops. The corporal gives the order for rapid fire…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/17124shoottokillvwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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