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The '''Sten''' is a British designed submachine gun manufactured in a number of variants (know as ''Mark''s or simply ''Mk''s) during the Second World War. The official designation was "Carbine, Machine, Sten" which is due to the British term for what we would now call submachine guns being "Machine Carbine" at the start of the war. It was notable for it very simple design and hence production costs which made it ideal weapon for supplying resistance groups. In total approximately 4.5 million Stens were produced, over 2 million of which were the Mark II, which is the iconic Sten gun.
Using the same magazines as the [[MP40]], the Sten is subject to similar errors; the common habit in fiction of using the magazine as a sidegrip would in real life result in damage to the feed lips of the magazine, and the videogame habit of fully loading the magazine in spring failures; like the MP40, soldiers experienced in using the Sten would typically load magazines with 30 or 28 rounds rather than 32.
Using the same magazines as the [[MP40]], the Sten is subject to similar errors; the common habit in fiction of using the magazine as a sidegrip would in real life result in damage to the feed lips of the magazine, and the videogame habit of fully loading the magazine in spring failures; like the MP40, soldiers experienced in using the Sten would typically load magazines with 30 or 28 rounds rather than 32.


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'''The Sten submachine gun has appeared in the following films and video games used by the following actors:'''
'''The Sten submachine gun has appeared in the following films and video games used by the following actors:'''


[[Image:Sten MkI star.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk I* Submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
==Sten Mk I*==
[[Image:Sten.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Sten MkI star.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk I* - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Unitsten2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk II (Canadian) Submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:StenMKIISilenced.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk II fitted with suppressor - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Sten MkIII.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk III Submachine gun - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Sten Mk5.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk V issued to Airborne forces - 9x19mm]]
 
=== Film ===
=== Film ===
* Polish insurgents in ''[[Canal (Kanal)]]'' (1957)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Dr. No]] ||  || Henchmen ||w/ T-strutt stock || 1962
|-
| [[633 Squadron]] ||  || Norwegian Resistance fighters || || 1964
|-
| [[Aphaville]] ||  ||  || || 1965
|-
| [[War Game, The (1965)|The War Game]] ||  || British police ||  || 1965
|}


* Andrzej (Adam Pawlikowski) in ''[[Ashes and Diamonds]]'' (1958)
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="75"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[Doctor Who (Classic Series)|Doctor Who]] ||  ||Kaled Scientific Elite||rowspan="4"|"Genesis of the Daleks", w/ strutt stock || rowspan="4"|1963 – 1989
|-
| [[Ian Marter]] || Harry Sullivan
|-
| [[Dennis Chinnery]] ||Gharman
|-
| [[Tom Georgeson]] ||Kavell
|}


* Dutch resistance fighters in ''[[Soldier of Orange]]'' (1977)
=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="75"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Akira]] || Resistance fighter|| ||1987
|}


* [[Rutger Hauer]] as Erik Lanshof in ''[[Soldier of Orange]]'' (1977)
==Sten Mk II==
[[Image:Sten.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk II - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Unitsten2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm]]
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Bridge on the River Kwai, The|The Bridge on the River Kwai]] || [[Jack Hawkins]] || Major Warden  ||rowspan="3"|Canadian model || rowspan="3"|1957
|-
|  [[William Holden]] ||  Commander Shears
|-
|  [[Geoffrey Horne]] ||  Lt. Joyce
|-
| [[Canal (Kanal)|Kanal]] ||  || Polish insurgents || || 1957
|-
| [[Ashes and Diamonds]] || [[Adam Pawlikowski]] || Andrzej || || 1958
|-
| [[Carve Her Name With Pride]] || [[Virginia McKenna]] || Violette Szabo ||Fitted with Mk V front sight || 1958
|-
| [[Breathless (1960)|Breathless]] ||  || Police officer || || 1960
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[The Guns of Navarone]] || [[Anthony Quinn]] || Andrea Stavros || rowspan="3"|Prop weapon using natural gas to create muzzle flash. Appears to be built on a Mk II with the barrel sawn off nearly to the shroud. || rowspan="3"|1961
|-
|  [[James Darren]] ||  Spyros Pappadimos
|-
|  [[Bob Simmons]] || German Officer
|-
| [[Konga]] ||  || British soldiers || || 1961
|-
| [[Longest Day, The|The Longest Day]] || [[Richard Todd]] || British Airborne Major John Howard || || 1962
|-
| [[Behold a Pale Horse]] || [[Gregory Peck]] || Manuel Artiguez || || 1964
|-
| [[Battle of the Bulge]] ||  ||  || || 1965
|-
| [[How I Won the War]] || [[Michael Crawford]] || Lt. Earnest Goodbody||  || 1967
|-
| [[Cobra, The|The Cobra]] ||  || Henchmen ||  || 1967
|-
| [[You Only Live Twice]] ||  || Spectre Guards || w/ Mk V front sight || 1967
|-
| [[Play Dirty]] ||  || British soldiers || Canadian model || 1969
|-
| [[Sholay]] ||  ||  || || 1975
|-
| [[Deathcheaters]]||  || Henchmen || || 1976
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[Eagle Has Landed, The|The Eagle Has Landed]] || [[Michael Caine]] || Oberst Kurt Steiner || rowspan="4"|Canadian model || rowspan="4"|1976
|-
|  [[Siegfried Rauch]] || Sergeant Major Brandt
|-
|  [[Sven-Bertil Taube]] || Hauptmann Von Neustadt
|-
|  || German Paratroopers
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Soldier of Orange]] || [[Jeroen Krabbé]] || Guus LeJeune || rowspan="3"|Canadian model || rowspan="3"|1977
|-
|  [[Rutger Hauer]] || Erik Lanshof  
|-
|  || Resistance fighters
|-
| [[Sorcerer]]||  || Guerrilla || || 1977
|-
| [[Inglorious Bastards, The|The Inglorious Bastards]] ||  || French Resistance fighters ||  || 1978
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Escape to Athena]] ||  || Greek Resistance fighters || rowspan="3"|Canadian model || rowspan="3"|1979
|-
|  [[Telly Savalas]] || Zeno
|-
|  [[Claudia Cardinale]] || Eleana
|-
| [[Hanover Street]] ||  ||Resistance fighters|| || 1979
|-
| [[Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi), The|The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi)]] ||  ||  || || 1979
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Pirates of the XXth Century (Piraty XX veka)]] ||  || Indian Police || rowspan="3"|Canadian model || rowspan="3"|1979
|-
|  || Pirates
|-
|  || Soviet crewman
|-
| [[Gandhi]] ||  ||Gurkha|| || 1982
|-
| [[Copper Angel (Medny angel)]] || [[Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr.]] ||Sebastian Valdes  ||Canadian Model || 1984
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Les Morfalous]] || [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] || Sgt. Pierre Augagneur||rowspan="2"|Canadian model || rowspan="2"|1984
|-
|  || French Legionaires
|-
| [[Top Secret!]] ||  || || || 1984
|-
| [[Spies Like Us]] ||  || Mujahideen || || 1985
|-
| [[Maximum Overdrive]] || [[Pat Miller]] || Joe || Canadian model || 1986
|-
| [[Outbreak]] ||  || British mercenary ||Canadian model || 1995
|-
| [[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]] ||  || Henchmen || || 1999
|-
| [[Equilibrium]] ||  || Resistance fighters|| || 2002
|-
| [[Pianist, The|The Pianist]] ||  || Resistance fighters||Canadian model || 2002
|-
| [[Reign of Fire]] ||  || Refugees || || 2002
|-
| [[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]] ||  || Nautilus Crew||Ornately decorated and chrome plated || 2003
|-
| [[Black Book]] ||  || Resistance fighters || Canadian model || 2006
|-
| [[Pan's Labyrinth]] ||  || Maquis resistance fighters|| || 2006
|-
| [[Assembly (Ji jie hao)]] || [[Quan Ren]] || Political Officer||Canadian model || 2007
|-
| [[Balls of Fury]] ||  || Henchmen || || 2007
|-
| [[Smokin' Aces]] || [[Chris Pine]] || Darwin Tremor ||Canadian model || 2007
|-
| [[Female Agents]] || [[Sophie Marceau]] || Louise Desfontaines || || 2008
|-
| [[Miracle at St. Anna]] || [[Pierfrancesco Favino]] || Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta || || 2008
|-
| [[The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]] || [[Brendan Fraser]] || Rick O'Connell || || 2008
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Captain America: The First Avenger]] || [[J. J. Feild]] || James Montgomery Falsworth || || rowspan="2"|2011
|-
| [[Bruno Ricci]] || Jacques Dernier ||
|-
|}


* [[Jeroen Krabbé]] as Guus LeJeune in ''[[Soldier of Orange]]'' (1977)
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="75"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Twilight Zone, The|The Twilight Zone]] ||[[Edward Binns]] ||Col. Bob Donlin ||rowspan="2"|"I Shot An Arrow into the Air" (S1E15) || rowspan="2"|1959 - 1964
|-
|  || Rocket ship crewmen
|-
| [[Unit, The|The Unit]] || ||Guards ||"Paradise Lost" || 2006 - 2009
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Sanctuary]] || [[Erin Lacourciere]] || Jeanette Anaise ||rowspan="2"|"Normandy" (S03E17), Canadian model || rowspan="2"|2007 - ????
|-
|  [[Vincent Gale]] || Nigel Griffin
|-
| [[Guns]] || ||Gun show customer || || 2008
|-
| [[Caprica]] || || || || 2010
|-
| [[Deadliest Warrior - Season 1]] || || Mafia || "Mafia vs. Yakuza", original and Canadian models|| 2010
|-
|}


* [[Gregory Peck]] as Manuel Artiguez in ''[[Behold A Pale Horse]]'' (1964)
=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="75"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Black Jack]] || "Blue Jacket" Special Forces || Canadian model ||1993
|-
| [[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]] || "Sect" members ||  ||1998
|-
| [[Strike Witches]] || Brittannian soldiers|| ||2008 - ????
|-
|}


* ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]'' (1968)
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Grand Theft Auto: Mission Packs]] || "Machine Gun"  || ||Canadiant model || 1999
|-
| [[Hidden & Dangerous]] ||  || || || 1999
|-
| [[Medal of Honor: Underground]] || || || || 2000
|-
| [[Fallout Tactics]] || "Sten Gun" || || || 2001
|-
| [[Battlefield: 1942]] ||  || ||"Road to Rome" expansion pack || 2002
|-
| [[Medal of Honor: Allied Assault]] || "Sten Mark II" ||w/ Mk V front sight||30 round magazine || 2002
|-
| [[Medal of Honor: Frontline]] || || ||Unusable || 2002
|-
| [[Hidden & Dangerous 2]] ||  || || || 2003
|-
| [[Silent Storm]] || || ||Canadian model  || 2003
|-
| [[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]] || "Sten" || || || 2003
|-
| [[Call of Duty: United Offensive]] || || || || 2004
|-
| [[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]] || || || || 2004
|-
| [[Forgotten Hope 2]] || || || || 2005
|-
| [[Call of Duty 2]] || || ||Canadian model || 2005
|-
| [[Call of Duty 3]] || || || || 2006
|-
| [[Company of Heroes]] || || || || 2006
|-
| [[Call of Duty: World at War (DS)]] || || ||Allies only || 2008
|-
| [[Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts]] || || || || 2008
|-
| [[Call of Duty: Black Ops]] || || ||World War II flashback mission "Project Nova"|| 2010
|-
|}


* ''[[The Guns of Navarone]]'' (1962)
==Sten Mk IIS==
[[Image:StenMKIISilenced.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk IIS (Canadian) - 9x19mm]]
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[The Guns of Navarone]] || || Maria Papadimos ||  || 1961
|-
| [[Fifty Dead Men Walking]] || ||  || w/ wooden stock, seen in news footage || 2008
|-
|}


* [[Chris Pine]] as Darwin Tremor in ''[[Smokin' Aces]]'' (2006)
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]] ||  || ||Canadian model w/ Mk II style heatshield || 2001
|-
| [[Battlefield: 1942]] ||  || ||"Secret Weapons of WWII" expansion pack || 2002
|-
| [[Hidden & Dangerous 2]] ||  || || || 2003
|-
| [[Medal of Honor: Rising Sun]] ||  || || || 2003
|-
| [[Vietcong]] || ||Canvas grip removed || "Vietcong: Fist Alpha" expansion pack || 2003
|-
| [[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]] ||  || ||Canadian model w/ Mk II style heatshield || 2003
|-
| [[Call of Duty: United Offensive]] || || || || 2004
|-
| [[Conflict Vietnam]] || || || || 2004
|-
| [[Forgotten Hope 2]] || || || || 2005
|-
| [[Vietcong 2]] || || || Found only in second mission || 2005
|-
| [[Company of Heroes]] || ||Canvas grip removed || || 2006
|-
| [[Hour of Victory]] || || || || 2007
|-
| [[Operation Thunderstorm]] || Sten || ||Canadian model || 2008
|-
| [[Saboteur, The|The Sabateur]] || || || || 2009
|-
|}


* [[Perry King]] as Kip Moore in ''[[Search and Destroy]]''
==Sten Mk III==
[[Image:Sten MkIII.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk III - 9x19mm]]
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[If....]] ||  || Various ||  || 1968
|-
| [[Year of Living Dangerously, The|The Year of Living Dangerously]] ||  || Indonesian soldiers ||  || 1982
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[Farewell To The King]] || [[Marius Weyers]] || Sgt. Conklin || rowspan="4"|w/ Canadian model stocks || rowspan="4"|1989
|-
|  [[Wayne Pygram]] ||  Bren Armstrong
|-
| [[Gerry Lopez]] || Gwai
|-
|  || Headhunters
|-
|}


* ''[[Paper Tiger]]'' (1975)
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="75"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Company, The|The Company]] || [[Chris O'Donnell]] ||CIA Officer Jack McAuliffe|| || 2010
|-
|}


* ''[[633 Squadron]]'' (1964)
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Silent Storm]] || || ||Regular and fictional silenced variants  || 2003
|-
|}


* ''[[Escape to Athena]]'' (1979)
==Sten Mk IV==
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Silent Storm]] || || ||Mk IVA model  || 2003
|-
|}


* ''[[A Bridge Too Far]]'' (1977)
==Sten Mk V==
 
[[Image:Sten Mk5.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Sten Mk V - 9x19mm]]
* ''[[Return from the River Kwai]]'' (1988)
=== Film ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
* [[Brendan Fraser]] as Rick O'Connell in ''[[The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]''
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
* ''[[Kung Fu Killer]]''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
* [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] as Sgt. Pierre Augagneur in ''[[Les Morfalous]]''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
* [[Richard Todd]] as Major John Howard in ''[[The Longest Day]]'' (1963)
|-
 
| [[Where Eagles Dare]] || [[Patrick Wymark]] || Colonel Turner||w/ vertical grip removed  || 1968
* Resistance fighters in ''[[Equilibrium]]''
|-
 
| [[A Bridge Too Far]] ||  || British Paratroopers||  || 1977
* [[Sophie Marceau]] as Louise Desfontaines in ''[[Female agents]]'' (2008)
|-
 
| [[Year of Living Dangerously, The|The Year of Living Dangerously]] ||  || Indonesian soldiers||  || 1982
* [[William Holden]] as Shears and [[Jack Hawkins]] as Major Warden in ''[[Bridge on the River Kwai, The|The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (1957)
|-
 
| [[Universal Soldier]] ||  || Terrorist||w/ vertical grip removed  || 1992
* Polish Resistance in ''[[The Pianist]]''
|-
 
|}
* [[Michael Caine]] as Col. Steiner and various characters in ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]''  
 
* [[John Cassavetes]] as Hank McCain in ''[[Machine Gun McCain]]''
 
* ''[[Black Book]]'' (2006)
 
* [[Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr.]] as Sebastian Valdes and various gangsters in ''[[Copper Angel (Medny angel)]]'' (1984)
 
* Various characters in ''[[Cobra,_The|The Cobra]]''
 
* Various characters in ''[[Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi), The|The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi)]]'' (1979)


=== Television ===
=== Television ===
* ''[[Guns]]'' (2008)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
* [[Erin Lacourciere]] as Jeanette Anaise and [[Vincent Gale]] as Nigel Griffin in the ''[[Sanctuary]]'' episode "Normandy" (2011)
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
* ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' (2009-2011)
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="75"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Avengers, The (1961)|The Avengers]] || [[Roland Curram]] ||Vincent East || || 1961 - 1969
|-
|}


=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Silent Storm]] || || || || 2003
|-
|}


* ''[[Medal of Honor: Rising Sun]]'' (fitted with suppressor)
==Unknown Variants==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| [[Aphaville]] ||  ||  || || 1965
|-
| [[Machine Gun McCain]] || [[John Cassavetes]] || Hank McCain || || 1969
|-
| [[Paper Tiger]] || || || || 1975
|-
| [[Search and Destroy]] || [[Perry King]] || Kip Moore  || || 1979
|-
| [[Return from the River Kwai]] || [[Denholm Elliott]] || Colonel Grayson  || || 1989
|-
| [[Kung Fu Killer ]] ||  ||  || || 2008
|-
|}


*''[[Medal of Honor: Underground]]'' (MKII)
=== Television ===
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* ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]''
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* British Army soldiers in ''[[Medal of Honor: Frontline]]'' (non-playable)
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''
* ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: United Offensive]]'' (fitted with suppressor)
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts]]''
* ''[[Silent Storm]]'' (Mk. II, Mk. III with suppressor, Mk. IV & Mk. V)
* ''[[Hour of Victory]]'' (fitted with suppressor)
* ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' (fitted with suppressor)
* ''[[Vietcong]]'' (Mk. IIS fitted with suppressor)
* ''[[Vietcong 2]]'' (Mk. IIS fitted with suppressor)
* ''[[Hidden & Dangerous 2]]'' (Mk. II and Mk. IIS fitted with suppressor)
* ''[[Metro 2033]]'' ( the "Bastard gun" resembles a sten )
* ''[[The Saboteur]]''
* ''[[Fallout Tactics]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
=== Anime ===
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' (Mk. II)
* ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' (Mk. II)


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 22:10, 29 February 2012

The Sten is a British designed submachine gun manufactured in a number of variants (know as Marks or simply Mks) during the Second World War. The official designation was "Carbine, Machine, Sten" which is due to the British term for what we would now call submachine guns being "Machine Carbine" at the start of the war. It was notable for it very simple design and hence production costs which made it ideal weapon for supplying resistance groups. In total approximately 4.5 million Stens were produced, over 2 million of which were the Mark II, which is the iconic Sten gun. Using the same magazines as the MP40, the Sten is subject to similar errors; the common habit in fiction of using the magazine as a sidegrip would in real life result in damage to the feed lips of the magazine, and the videogame habit of fully loading the magazine in spring failures; like the MP40, soldiers experienced in using the Sten would typically load magazines with 30 or 28 rounds rather than 32.

Specifications

  • Weight: 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) (Mk. II)
  • Length: 760 mm (29.9 in)
  • Barrel length: 196 mm (7.7 in)
  • Cartridge: 9x19mm Parabellum
  • Action: Blowback-operated, Open bolt
  • Rate of fire: Version dependent; ~500 round/min
  • Muzzle velocity: 365 m/s (1,198 ft/s)
  • Effective range: 300 m
  • Feed system: 32-rd detachable box magazine
  • Sights: fixed peep rear, post front

The Sten submachine gun has appeared in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Sten Mk I*

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Sten Mk I* - 9x19mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Dr. No Henchmen w/ T-strutt stock 1962
633 Squadron Norwegian Resistance fighters 1964
Aphaville 1965
The War Game British police 1965

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Doctor Who Kaled Scientific Elite "Genesis of the Daleks", w/ strutt stock 1963 – 1989
Ian Marter Harry Sullivan
Dennis Chinnery Gharman
Tom Georgeson Kavell

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Akira Resistance fighter 1987

Sten Mk II

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Sten Mk II - 9x19mm
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Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Bridge on the River Kwai Jack Hawkins Major Warden Canadian model 1957
William Holden Commander Shears
Geoffrey Horne Lt. Joyce
Kanal Polish insurgents 1957
Ashes and Diamonds Adam Pawlikowski Andrzej 1958
Carve Her Name With Pride Virginia McKenna Violette Szabo Fitted with Mk V front sight 1958
Breathless Police officer 1960
The Guns of Navarone Anthony Quinn Andrea Stavros Prop weapon using natural gas to create muzzle flash. Appears to be built on a Mk II with the barrel sawn off nearly to the shroud. 1961
James Darren Spyros Pappadimos
Bob Simmons German Officer
Konga British soldiers 1961
The Longest Day Richard Todd British Airborne Major John Howard 1962
Behold a Pale Horse Gregory Peck Manuel Artiguez 1964
Battle of the Bulge 1965
How I Won the War Michael Crawford Lt. Earnest Goodbody 1967
The Cobra Henchmen 1967
You Only Live Twice Spectre Guards w/ Mk V front sight 1967
Play Dirty British soldiers Canadian model 1969
Sholay 1975
Deathcheaters Henchmen 1976
The Eagle Has Landed Michael Caine Oberst Kurt Steiner Canadian model 1976
Siegfried Rauch Sergeant Major Brandt
Sven-Bertil Taube Hauptmann Von Neustadt
German Paratroopers
Soldier of Orange Jeroen Krabbé Guus LeJeune Canadian model 1977
Rutger Hauer Erik Lanshof
Resistance fighters
Sorcerer Guerrilla 1977
The Inglorious Bastards French Resistance fighters 1978
Escape to Athena Greek Resistance fighters Canadian model 1979
Telly Savalas Zeno
Claudia Cardinale Eleana
Hanover Street Resistance fighters 1979
The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi) 1979
Pirates of the XXth Century (Piraty XX veka) Indian Police Canadian model 1979
Pirates
Soviet crewman
Gandhi Gurkha 1982
Copper Angel (Medny angel) Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr. Sebastian Valdes Canadian Model 1984
Les Morfalous Jean-Paul Belmondo Sgt. Pierre Augagneur Canadian model 1984
French Legionaires
Top Secret! 1984
Spies Like Us Mujahideen 1985
Maximum Overdrive Pat Miller Joe Canadian model 1986
Outbreak British mercenary Canadian model 1995
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Henchmen 1999
Equilibrium Resistance fighters 2002
The Pianist Resistance fighters Canadian model 2002
Reign of Fire Refugees 2002
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Nautilus Crew Ornately decorated and chrome plated 2003
Black Book Resistance fighters Canadian model 2006
Pan's Labyrinth Maquis resistance fighters 2006
Assembly (Ji jie hao) Quan Ren Political Officer Canadian model 2007
Balls of Fury Henchmen 2007
Smokin' Aces Chris Pine Darwin Tremor Canadian model 2007
Female Agents Sophie Marceau Louise Desfontaines 2008
Miracle at St. Anna Pierfrancesco Favino Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Brendan Fraser Rick O'Connell 2008
Captain America: The First Avenger J. J. Feild James Montgomery Falsworth 2011
Bruno Ricci Jacques Dernier

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Twilight Zone Edward Binns Col. Bob Donlin "I Shot An Arrow into the Air" (S1E15) 1959 - 1964
Rocket ship crewmen
The Unit Guards "Paradise Lost" 2006 - 2009
Sanctuary Erin Lacourciere Jeanette Anaise "Normandy" (S03E17), Canadian model 2007 - ????
Vincent Gale Nigel Griffin
Guns Gun show customer 2008
Caprica 2010
Deadliest Warrior - Season 1 Mafia "Mafia vs. Yakuza", original and Canadian models 2010

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Black Jack "Blue Jacket" Special Forces Canadian model 1993
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade "Sect" members 1998
Strike Witches Brittannian soldiers 2008 - ????

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Note Date
Grand Theft Auto: Mission Packs "Machine Gun" Canadiant model 1999
Hidden & Dangerous 1999
Medal of Honor: Underground 2000
Fallout Tactics "Sten Gun" 2001
Battlefield: 1942 "Road to Rome" expansion pack 2002
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault "Sten Mark II" w/ Mk V front sight 30 round magazine 2002
Medal of Honor: Frontline Unusable 2002
Hidden & Dangerous 2 2003
Silent Storm Canadian model 2003
Call of Duty "Sten" 2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive 2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour 2004
Forgotten Hope 2 2005
Call of Duty 2 Canadian model 2005
Call of Duty 3 2006
Company of Heroes 2006
Call of Duty: World at War (DS) Allies only 2008
Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts 2008
Call of Duty: Black Ops World War II flashback mission "Project Nova" 2010

Sten Mk IIS

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Sten Mk IIS (Canadian) - 9x19mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Guns of Navarone Maria Papadimos 1961
Fifty Dead Men Walking w/ wooden stock, seen in news footage 2008

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Note Date
Return to Castle Wolfenstein Canadian model w/ Mk II style heatshield 2001
Battlefield: 1942 "Secret Weapons of WWII" expansion pack 2002
Hidden & Dangerous 2 2003
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun 2003
Vietcong Canvas grip removed "Vietcong: Fist Alpha" expansion pack 2003
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Canadian model w/ Mk II style heatshield 2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive 2004
Conflict Vietnam 2004
Forgotten Hope 2 2005
Vietcong 2 Found only in second mission 2005
Company of Heroes Canvas grip removed 2006
Hour of Victory 2007
Operation Thunderstorm Sten Canadian model 2008
The Sabateur 2009

Sten Mk III

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Sten Mk III - 9x19mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
If.... Various 1968
The Year of Living Dangerously Indonesian soldiers 1982
Farewell To The King Marius Weyers Sgt. Conklin w/ Canadian model stocks 1989
Wayne Pygram Bren Armstrong
Gerry Lopez Gwai
Headhunters

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Company Chris O'Donnell CIA Officer Jack McAuliffe 2010

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Note Date
Silent Storm Regular and fictional silenced variants 2003

Sten Mk IV

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Note Date
Silent Storm Mk IVA model 2003

Sten Mk V

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Sten Mk V - 9x19mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Where Eagles Dare Patrick Wymark Colonel Turner w/ vertical grip removed 1968
A Bridge Too Far British Paratroopers 1977
The Year of Living Dangerously Indonesian soldiers 1982
Universal Soldier Terrorist w/ vertical grip removed 1992

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Avengers Roland Curram Vincent East 1961 - 1969

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Note Date
Silent Storm 2003

Unknown Variants

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Aphaville 1965
Machine Gun McCain John Cassavetes Hank McCain 1969
Paper Tiger 1975
Search and Destroy Perry King Kip Moore 1979
Return from the River Kwai Denholm Elliott Colonel Grayson 1989
Kung Fu Killer 2008

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969 - 1974
Bullet in the Head Leong henchman 1990

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Note Date
The Movies 2005
Metro 2033 "Bastard" Carbine Fictional scratch-built compact assault rifle 2010


See Also

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