Sten submachine gun

E150593
firearm submachine gun

The Sten submachine gun was a simple, inexpensive British 9mm World War II firearm widely used by Allied forces and resistance fighters for its ease of manufacture and concealment.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sten submachine gun canonical 2
Sten Mk I 1
Sten Mk I* 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf firearm ⓘ
submachine gun ⓘ
action blowback ⓘ
barrelLength approximately 196 mm ⓘ
caliber 9 mm ⓘ
cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designed 1940 ⓘ
designer Harold J. Turpin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reginald V. Shepherd ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
feedSystem 32-round detachable box magazine ⓘ
hasVariant Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sten Mk I

Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sten Mk I*

Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sten Mk II

Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sten Mk III

Sten Mk V ⓘ
Sten Mk VI ⓘ
inService 1941 ⓘ
inServiceUntil 1960s ⓘ
manufacturer Birmingham Small Arms Company ⓘ
surface form: BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company)

Lines Brothers ⓘ
Royal Ordnance ⓘ
surface form: Royal Ordnance Factories
mass approximately 3.2 kg unloaded ⓘ
namedAfter Enfield ⓘ
Shepherd ⓘ
Turpin ⓘ
notableFeature compact size ⓘ
ease of concealment ⓘ
ease of manufacture ⓘ
low production cost ⓘ
side-mounted magazine ⓘ
simple design ⓘ
use of stamped metal parts ⓘ
numberBuilt over 4 million ⓘ
operation open bolt ⓘ
overallLength approximately 760 mm ⓘ
rateOfFire approximately 500 rounds per minute ⓘ
replaced Lanchester submachine gun ⓘ
successor Sterling submachine gun ⓘ
usedBy Allied resistance movements ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Home Guard (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Home Guard

Canadian Army ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth forces

French Resistance ⓘ
Norwegian Army ⓘ
Norwegian resistance movement ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian resistance

Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Polish resistance

Special Operations Executive ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
usedInConflict Arab–Israeli War of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Anthropoid → weaponUsed → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield → notableProduct → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sten Mk I
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sten Mk I*
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sten Mk II
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten submachine gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sten Mk III