The STEN (or Sten gun) is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and during the Korean War. The Sten paired a simple design with a low production cost, facilitating mass production to meet the demand for submachine guns.

司登冲锋枪（英文：STEN Submachine Gun [4]），是英国第二次世界大战中研制的一型冲锋枪。 司登冲锋枪全长760毫米，空枪重3.2千克，使用9×19毫米帕拉贝鲁姆口径弹药，理论射速每分500发，采用32发横向弹匣供弹。 [5] 司登冲锋枪由英国设计师谢波德和杜赛宾在恩菲尔德兵工厂研发完成，1940年研发成功后，命名时取设计者和姓氏的首字母和工厂名称前两个字母组成，即Sten。 [1] 司登MK.Ⅱ冲锋枪的产量高，使用面也极其广泛。 英国 不但自己装备还不断地向欧 …

All Mk 1 Stens were produced at the former Singer sewing machine plant at Clydebank. The first guns were delivered in October 1941. This particular weapon was presented to the Imperial War Museum by Sir William Acland, MC AFC, who served with the Hertfordshire Home Guard.

2013年12月9日 · The three-kilogram, all-metal weapon fired eight rounds per second from a horizontally-loaded, 32-round magazine. Cleverly chambered for German 9 mm pistol ammunition, the Sten was effective to about 100 meters (300 feet). At the time, each Sten gun cost as little as £2 ($10) to produce – roughly equal to about $130 or £80 today.

2021年6月16日 · Sten Mk 1 serial 1 A blowback-operated submachine gun made from machined steel, it took roughly five man-hours to make just one gun. Production cost equaled roughly $10 at the time.

Sten Gun – a 9mm sub-machinegun (called 'machine carbines' in the UK) that was mass produced to be cheap and easy to manufacture. It operated from an open bolt using a blowback system, held a 32-round magazine and over 4 million were produced.

9mm Sten Machine Carbines with Photos and Manuals. Blowback-operated, the 32-round British Sten fires from an open bolt which remains to the rear on being cocked, and has a fixed firing pin on its face.

The first STEN, STEN Mk.I (full official name was 9mm STEN Machine Carbine, Mark 1), was developed in mid-1941. It was blowback operated, automatic weapon that fired from the open bolt. Trigger unit permitted for sigle shots and full automatic fire, controlled by the cross-bolt type button, located in front and above trigger.

2024年5月22日 · The Sten gun was designed by RSAF Senior Draftsman (sorry, Draughtsman) Harold Turpin in December, 1940. He sketched out a simple trigger mechanism on December 2, showed it to Major Reginald Shepherd the next day, and then finished out the rest of the submachine gun design that week.

The Sten Mk.II was the cheapest and the most common variant of the Sten gun. It was essentially the same as the Mk.I in terms of design, but it was simplified externally to reduce manufacturing costs, even more so than the Mk.I*.