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The STEN (or Sten gun) is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and during the Korean War. The Sten paired a simple design with a low production cost, facilitating mass production to meet the demand for submachine guns.
7 Οκτ 2024 · Sten gun, 9-millimetre submachine gun that became the standard such weapon in the British Commonwealth armed forces during World War II. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Sten guns were provided to underground movements everywhere in Europe during that war. The gun was so ubiquitous that its name.
9 Δεκ 2013 · The Sten gun was Britain’s principal sub-machine gun of World War Two. What’s In a Name? “Sten” is actually an acronym for its inventors: Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin of the Royal Small Arms Factory of Enfield (Shepherd, Turpin and Enfield = “Sten”). A factory worker shows off a new Sten gun. (Image source: WikiCommons)
9 Απρ 2022 · Wikipedia: The STEN (or Sten gun) is a family of British submachine guns chambered in 9×19mm which were used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the...
Sten Gun. British machine carbine Marks 1-5. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model of the standard submachine gun of the British army in WW2. A British paratrooper using his Sten gun Mark 5 during the battle of Arnheim, the first time this model was used in combat.
7 Μαΐ 2018 · The Brits produced more than 4 million Sten Guns during World War II. In addition, partisan groups with access to machine shops often cranked out their own Sten Gun copies because it was so easy to make. The gun weighed seven pounds empty and nine pounds with a loaded magazine of 28 to 30 rounds.
16 Ιουν 2021 · We take a look at the Sten and why this submachine gun built in a home workshop took Europe by storm during WWII.