British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall of Rangoon, Burma.

A group of British (Royal) and Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at a table of captured weaponry. The man nearest camera has a bolt-action carbine; he looks down the barrel, closes the bolt and releases the trigger. An Indian Engineer field strips a Dutch 6.5mm Madsen light machine gun (LMG). He removes the magazine, opens the receiver cover, operates the cocking handle and removes the barrel. A Japanese Type 11 LMG is stripped. Another type of Japanese LMG, either a Type 96 or Type 99, is demonstrated; the weapon is similar in configuration to the British Bren gun, and the two are shown side-by-side for comparison. A British sergeant, wearing a Japanese soft cap, unsheathes a captured sword. A Dutch carbine, probably a 6.5mm Mannlicher. A Japanese Type 100 submachine gun. A Type 89 Grenade Discharger (the so-called 'knee mortar'). A Japanese rifle; probably a 7.7mm Type 99.

Notes

The Dutch weapons seen were originally of the Netherlands East Indies Army and were captured by the Japanese in 1942.

The sword is described as an officer's sword on the dopesheet, but appears more likely to be an NCO's model.

The similarities between the Japanese and Bren LMGs are a result of them both having been based on the same Czech design, the ZB-26.

For footage of engineers of this Workshop Company at work salvaging civilian motor vehicles in Rangoon, see related items.