BESA Machine Gun (Patreon)

A BESA Machine gun, as used on British tanks and armoured vehicles during the Second World War. The BESA was based on a Czech design called the ZB-53 and was introduced to replace the Vickers. The ZB-53 fired the 7.92mm bullet and this chambering was kept by the British when the BESA was adopted, meaning British tank crews used a weapon that fired different ammunition to every other British small arm, but the same type as their German opponents!