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title: A Gun For Every Job - Buy War Savings - Hit the Target
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-gun-for-every-job-war-savings-1939/
description: Six British infantry weapons (Bren gun, revolver, Sten gun, grenade, Boys anti-tank rifle, Mark IV rifle, sticky bomb) are drawn large on a red ground.
section: Collection
---

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# A Gun For Every Job - Buy War Savings - Hit the Target

Six British infantry weapons (Bren gun, revolver, Sten gun, grenade, Boys anti-tank rifle, Mark IV rifle, sticky bomb) are drawn large on a red ground, each with a small caption and a vignette of soldiers using it, above the slogan 'Buy WAR SAVINGS - HIT THE TARGET'. The firepower on show is offered as the thing a saver's money buys (transfer), and the Bren is called 'most efficient light machine gun in the world' with no source (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
A GUN FOR EVERY JOB

Bren Gun—most efficient light machine gun in the world.
Revolver—carried by officers for work at close quarters.
Sten Gun — Produced in quantity for the Commandos.
Grenade — for clearing houses and strong points.
"Boys" anti-tank rifle—for attacking light armoured vehicles.
Rifle, Mark IV — the infantryman's precision weapon.
Sticky bomb—for attacking armoured vehicles and small buildings, etc.
[on tag:] DANGER DO NOT REMOVE PIN UNTIL READY TO THROW GRENADE

Buy WAR SAVINGS
—HIT THE TARGET

W.F.P. 353 Issued by the National Savings Committee, London; Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh; Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast.
Crown Copyright Reserved
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd., London, E.C.3. 51/4539
```

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