![]() ![]() ![]() It was also used by the French army at the start of the Indochina War. Simple to use, easy to produce and inexpensive, the Sten was manufactured, in its various versions, to nearly four million copies between and by British arsenals and private companies, just like the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited or BSA, the Singer Manufacturing Company of Clydebank, Canadian and New Zealand. Shepherd and Harold Turpinto which are added the letters EN designating the royal arsenal of Enfield. Its name comes from the association of the initials of its inventors Reginald V. It is also much lighter than the other submachine guns of the time 2. It is characterized above all by its simplicity of operation, with a non-chocked impactful yoke, and its manufacture by stamping which allows rapid mass production at low cost. The MK5 version is the most elaborate and has been optimized compared to the MK2 thanks in particular to front and rear grips and a wooden stock which makes the weapon solid and easier to handle. Its rusticity, its easy handling and its parachuting to resistance movements at the end of the conflict made it the symbol of the armed struggle of the European Resistance during the Second World War. ![]() It marked the collective imagination with its characteristic shape due to the loader in the lateral position. The minimum purchase order quantity for the product is 1. By buying this product you can collect up to 48 points. ![]()
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