Posted on 01/02/2017 6:09:30 AM PST by w1n1
A Classic Machinegun from WWII
This classic piece of weaponry shoots from the open bolt position with the capability of sending rounds down range on semi and fully automatic. If you're not familiar with the STEN gun history, heres the short scoop on it.
During WWII, the British needed a submachine gun similar to the U.S. Thompson machine gun, which they were buying from the U.S. But due to the demands because of great hardware loss. The British had to come up with a solution.
British Royal Arms factory came up with the STEN gun which was an easy design, easy to operate and quickly manufactured in huge quantity greatly helping the fight in WWII.
If you haven't shot one, have a look at Hickok45 shooting it and taking it apart. This piece of weaponry is easy to operate from shooting to disassembling. See the STEN gun in action here.
I’ve been told by several vets that the only plus for the sten was that it cost just pennies to manufacture. They were issued to NCOs but many were ‘lost’ at the first opportunity, and a different weapon aquired.
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Not sure what makes me more sad; the fact it could be mail ordered, or that sales tax was 4% in L.A. !
4 million of them made. I guess they were all destroyed after the war.
At the attack on Heydrich in WW2 the Sten jammed and nearly ended the op.
and shipped from ...GASP....CALIFORNIA! My how times have changed.
I would love to have one of these; especially because they shoot the common 9mm round.
Yes it did. That whole operation was a bollix from the start. They didn’t kill him right away, an infection from horse hair seat stuffing is what killed him. Thanks to grenade shrapnel and the poor civilians in the village of Lidice paid the price.
Everyboy talks about the STEN, but the gold standard was the sterling.
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Maybe that will change after Jan. 20 ??! ;)
The Sten gun was a last ditch weapon for the British fearing the Nazis would cross the Channel after the fall of France. The Sten was cheap, unlike the much more refined Thompson, so the Brits kept producing them.
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