May 7, 2018 · Hated and loved, the Sten Gun was a workhorse submachine gun for British forces. Hastily contrived in the early, desperate days of World War II, it looked like a last-ditch effort to arm British troops.

Dec 9, 2013 · First dreamed up in the opening months of the war and rushed into production during the Battle of Britain, the Sten was a bargain-basement sub-machine gun that could be produced quickly and in great numbers.

Jun 16, 2021 · In 2017, a French couple renovating their home in Burgundy found a cache of three Sten guns, 15 magazines, over a thousand rounds of ammunition, three pistols, and over a dozen grenades positively tied to a French Marquis resistance fighter that had lived at …

Mar 29, 2022 · The blowback-operated STEN submachine gun was designed by Maj. Reginald V. Shepherd and Harold J. Turpin. It was made from stamped metal and required little welding, allowing much of the production to be done in small factories, with …

Feb 28, 2025 · 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.

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. British soldiers with a Mk 2 Sten gun.

Jun 7, 2024 · The STEN is a British submachine gun based on the earlier Lanchester submachine gun, which was, in turn, a direct copy of the German MP28. The STEN was specifically designed for fast and cheap mass production with stamped sheet steel components welded together.

Oct 29, 2019 · ONE OF THE STEN GUN’S FIRST MAJOR TESTS CAME ON AUGUST 19, 1942, when 6,000 Allied (mostly Canadian) infantry launched an exploratory amphibious operation against the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France.

Initially designed and produced during WW2 for British soldiers, the Sten was developed as a direct response to both dwindling supplies of American made Thompson machine guns and the evacuation of Dunkirk, during which the British abandoned many thousands of guns.

Sep 10, 2024 · The Mk.2 Sten Gun, a symbol of British ingenuity during World War II, stands as a testament to the necessity-driven innovation of wartime. Designed in 1941, the Sten was a response to the desperate need for a simple, cost-effective submachine gun that could be produced rapidly and in large quantities.