FC Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciF-aQhxScw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 Well, not really. It went bang, every time. Was cheap to produce. Really cheap. Accurate enough for close in work, which was the design spec. Junk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted February 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 Did you see the rotten accuracy at close range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 Yes, I saw that, but it was 50 yards and a single example. Sub guns were never meant to be sniper rifles. For room clearing, trenches, etc., it was certainly accurate enough. And I bet a bit of hammer/file work on the sights on that one would have put it closer to target. Remember that there is no selector either. It's all full auto, but if you're quick enough, single shots are possible. Note the number of doubles shot in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted February 25, 2022 Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 I wonder if the US Grease Gun fared any better in accuracy?? My former father in law a WW2 engineer cussed them gladly giving his up for an M1 Carbine. He said something to the effect. You couldn’t hit a dam thing with them. The Brits were in desperate need of anything that could spit lead down range fearing a German invasion. I can’t recall the numbers but the Sten was remarkably cheap to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted February 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 I wondered the same thing about the grease gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic1 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 the sten could be almost all stamped leaving the machine shop open..no skill needed to assemble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trail Rated Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 The British SOE provided lots of Stens to resistance fighters during WWII because they were cheap and easy to use. But they weren’t particularly reliable. During the assassination of Heydrich in Prague, one of the Czech attackers’ Stens jammed and nearly caused the operation to fail: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Reinhard_Heydrich So not the greatest weapon, but if I were a partisan fighting Nazis, I probably would think it was beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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