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 …

However, after Japan entered the war in 1941, their swift moving island-hopping campaign brought the Japanese army uncomfortably close to New Zealand and Australia, who soon …

Jun 16, 2021 · From the start, the Sten gun proved a favorite of resistance fighters throughout Europe. The Allies dropped tens of thousands of them via parachute throughout Nazi-occupied …

Nov 23, 2019 · The Sten fired the 9x19mm Parabellum Luger round and was designed to accommodate the German MP40 magazine. Type 100: a Japanese SMG The Japanese …

The Type 100 submachine gun (一〇〇式機関短銃, Hyaku-shiki kikan-tanjū) was a Japanese submachine gun used during World War II and the only submachine gun produced by Japan in …

Japan produced relatively few submachine guns during World War II, the most numerous model was the Type 100 submachine gun of which 24,000–27,000 were produced, compared, for …

Aug 6, 2010 · Japanese small arms weren’t limited to light machine guns, and its military developed the Type 1 heavy machine gun as well. It was introduced in 1941, and featured a …

May 19, 2021 · The Type 100 was one such end-product and, by the end of the war in August of 1945, production of the submachine gun totaled under 30,000 - hardly enough to made an …

Sep 13, 2023 · The United States had the venerable Thompson submachinegun, and the British were armed with the Sten gun. Even the Australians had the domestically produced Owen gun …

In many ways the Sten gun was the perfect weapon for its time and its place. When the Sten was developed during 1941, Great Britain’s industrial capacity was strained to the limit and the …