It was slightly smaller and lighter than the Mk.I. The STEN Mk.II submachine gun was the most widely made gun in entire STEN series, with about 2 millions of the Mark 2 being made during the war. Total production of Mark 1 and slightly modified Mark 1* STEN machine guns was about 100 000. Some guns featured small folding forward grip. The Mk.1 featured spoon-like muzzle compensator. Sights were fixed, pre-adjusted for 100 yards distance, peep hole rear and blade front. The stock was of the skeleton type, made from steel. The gun was fed from a left side mounted box magazines. The tubular receiver and the barrel shroud were made from rolled steel.
EJECTOR LOCATION ON STEN MARK 2 FULL
Trigger unit permitted for single shots and full automatic fire, controlled by a cross-bolt type button, located in front and above the trigger. It was a blowback operated, automatic weapon that fired from the open bolt. The first STEN, STEN Mk.I (full official name was 9mm STEN Machine Carbine, Mark 1), was developed in mid-1941. STEN guns were made not only in Royal Small Arms factory in Enfield other makers included famous British gun making company of the time BSA Ltd, as well as Royal Ordnance Arsenal in Fazakerley, England, and Long Branch Arsenal in Canada. Almost 4 million STEN guns of different versions were made between 19. It was one of the most crude, ugly and simple, but effective submachine guns of the Second World War. Turpin) and from the factory where they worked (Enfield arsenal). The STEN name came out of names of the designers (R. SOG teams would carry a silenced STEN for prisoner snatch missions, it could be taken apart and stored in the rucksack until the precise moment it was needed.
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