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 …

Jun 14, 2019 · Watch as American Rifleman's Mark Keefe puts the Sten Mk 1 and Mk 1 Star Machine Carbine through a serious workout. ...more.

All Mk 1 Stens were produced at the former Singer sewing machine plant at Clydebank. The first guns were delivered in October 1941. This particular weapon was presented to the Imperial …

Jun 16, 2021 · Sten Mk 1 serial 1 A blowback-operated submachine gun made from machined steel, it took roughly five man-hours to make just one gun. Production cost equaled roughly …

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 …

Sten Gun – a 9mm sub-machinegun (called 'machine carbines' in the UK) that was mass produced to be cheap and easy to manufacture. It operated from an open bolt using a …

The Mk.1 featured spoon-like muzzle compensator. Some guns featured small folding forward grip. Total production of Mark 1 and slightly modified Mark 1* STEN machine guns was about …

The STEN (Shepherd, Turpin, ENfield/ENgland, usually written as Sten) was a British submachine gun (or, under British nomenclature, "machine carbine") designed at RSAF Enfield during …

In late 1944, the Mauser works in Germany secretly started manufacturing copies of British Mk II Sten, apparently for diversion and sabotage purposes. These weapons were intended to …