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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.
Lanchester submachine gun – British submachine gun, developed from the German MP28, used by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. Sten – simple design, low-cost British submachine gun in service from late 1941 to the end of the war. Around four million produced.
Initially, they favoured the British Army issue crude and cheap Sten sub machine gun, but this weapon perhaps went too far in the directions of cheapness and simplicity. Early marks were notoriously unreliable and prone to accidental discharges, and some were so badly manufactured that they were issued to resistance fighters with "burrs" in the ...
The Sten bayonet mk I was a socket bayonet just like the No. 4 Bayonet. [2] The blade was copied from the No 4 mk II* bayonet meaning the bayonet is just a metal spike with no milling. [2] The bayonet itself was made of sheet steel and was the most simplistic British bayonet of World War II. [2]
The British Sten submachine gun was taken as the basis for the Austen. [8] The barrel, body ( receiver ) and trigger mechanism of the Mark II Sten were copied, while the folding stock and bolt, with separate firing pin and telescopic cover over the return spring, were copied from the German MP40 . [ 8 ]
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (German army main fire support weapon until superseded by the MG 42 because of ease of manufacture and high fire rate, still used after.) [258] [260] [261] [262] MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34) [258] [260] [263] [264]
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The gun was designed by Heinrich von Wimmersperg, who was born in Prague in 1900. He then grew up in Vienna, where he passed his Matura and studied mechanical engineering up to his intermediate diploma. From 1936 on he lived in Berlin, where he initially worked as a freelance weapons designer on his own weapons developments.