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Sten guns were widely used by guerrilla fighters during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. [60] In 1975, President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members were assassinated using Sten guns. [61] A number of suppressed Stens were in limited use by the US Special Forces during the Vietnam War, including c. 1971, by the United States Army ...
The British Sten submachine gun was taken as the basis for the Austen. [8] The barrel, body 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]
Sten: 9×19mm Parabellum: Submachine Gun United Kingdom [65] M3.45 ACP: Submachine Gun United States: Regular and suppressed versions. [26] MP-40: 9×19mm Parabellum: Submachine Gun Nazi Germany [66] Carl Gustaf m/45: 9×19mm Parabellum: Submachine Gun Sweden: Some examples stolen from the Irish Army. [14] United Defense M42: 9×19mm Parabellum ...
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.
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.
MP 40 submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese forces, supplied by the CIA. [55] Owen Gun – standard Australian submachine-gun in the early stages of the war, later replaced by the F1 and withdrawn from combat use by 1971. [53] [54] Sten submachine gun – used by US special operations forces, often with a suppressor mounted. [45]
The Bell Laboratories suppressor was estimated to be only 80% as efficient as the British suppressed STEN Mk IIS. [18] With its stamped, riveted, and welded construction, the M3 was originally designed as a minimum-cost small arm, to be used and then discarded once it became inoperative.
L50A1 (UK - Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum: Sten Mk II Variant) L51A1 (UK - Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum: Sten Mk III Variant) L52A1 (UK - Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum: Sten Mk V Variant) L80A1 (Germany, UK - Compact Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum: H&K MP5K Variant)