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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.
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 ]
The overall weapon is largely made up from Sten Mk II submachine gun components (which the Germans copied as Gerät Potsdam), most notably the receiver and buttstock. The magazine and magazine release are from the StG-44, and so were the barrel blanks. There were three variants designed.
BSA Welgun – The Welgun was a prototype submachine gun developed by the British irregular warfare organisation, the Special Operations Executive. Although it performed well in tests, it was never adopted, and was produced in small numbers only. Owen gun - Fully automatic submachine gun designed in Australia in 1938 and entered service in 1942 ...
The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG). It was tested by the British Army in 1944–1945, but did not start to replace the Sten until 1953. A successful and reliable design, it remained standard issue in the British Army until 1994, [18] when it began to be replaced by the L85A1, a bullpup assault rifle.
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 ...
Machine guns and pistols among firearms lost by MoD. December 26, 2024 at 7:04 PM ... A deactivated World War Two Luger Pistol and Sten submachine gun were both lost in June 2023.
The BSA Experimental Model 1949 was a submachine gun of British origin intended to replace the Sten submachine gun.The weapon was fed from a 32-round box magazine inserted in the side and had an unusual twist-action bakelite-covered handguard.