This story originally appeared at Historical Firearms. Replacement receiver tube for the British Sten MK II (2) sub-machine gun. The British Army’s own special forces finally replaced their suppressed Stens with suppressed MP5s in the 1980s. II(S) because it could be easily disassembled and compactly stored in a rucksack. units of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Special Operations Group also favored suppressed Stens for clandestine operations such as long-range reconnaissance, prisoner-snatches and assassinations. The British Army deployed them in the counterinsurgency operations in Malaya and Kenya during the 1960s.Ī suppressed version of the Sterling submachine gun, the 元4A1, formally replaced the suppressed Stens in 1966, but commando units such as the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service held onto their suppressed Stens for many years. II(S) obsolete in April 1945, the weapon remained in service for several more decades. While the British Army officially declared the Mk. Sergeant Major EH Chevrier from Montreal instructs Canadian army recruits on the use of the Sten Mk II submachine gun on 24 July 1942 at Colchester. II(S) during the war and designated them “MP 751(e).” “What losses they might save and what dangers they might avert! How wonderful, in case of an unexpected meeting with an enemy detachment, to be able to fire without the reports attracting the attention of other enemy groups!” It replaced the later versions of the Sten submachine gun from 1953 onwards. “What splendid possibilities the use of these silencers offered,” he noted when he finally obtained one. officer who took part in the rescue of deposed Italian leader Benito Mussolini in 1943, went to great lengths to acquire a suppressed Sten. While they could not be fired in fully automatic beyond short bursts, if fire was kept to single shots or two-round bursts, then the weapon avoided serious overheating and fatigue. The silenced Stens were extremely effective. II(S)’s, but was more difficult to disassemble and service. VI’s suppressor was shorter than the earlier Mk. V with the canvas insulating-shroud of the Mk. VI(S) combined the stock furniture and receiver of the Mk. IV in any variant, instead taking the more-robust Mk. when placed on single, or fire single shots when placed on automatic. It seems that a silenced Sten based on the aborted Mk. British Sten MK 2, 3, & 5 SMG Paratrooper Case New made canvas carry case with. The guns also saw action in the Far East and with special reconnaissance parties. II(S)s saw combat in Europe in 1943 in the hands of frontline agents of the SOE. In the summer of 1940 the British Government began to look seriously at the sub machine gun question, and in August a decision was taken to put into production a copy of the German MP28 from World War One, an order for 50,000 weapons being contemplated.
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