Sten

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:

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Sten Mk I* Submachine gun - 9x19mm

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Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9x19mm

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Sten Mk II (Canadian) Submachine gun - 9x19mm

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Sten Mk II fitted with suppressor - 9x19mm

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Sten Mk III Submachine gun - 9x19mm

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Sten Mk V issued to Airborne forces - 9x19mm

Film

• Polish insurgents in Canal (Kanal) (1957)

• Andrzej (Adam Pawlikowski) in Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

• Dutch resistance fighters in Soldier of Orange (1977)

• Rutger Hauer as Erik Lanshof in Soldier of Orange (1977)

• Jeroen Krabbé as Guus LeJeune in Soldier of Orange (1977)

• Gregory Peck as Manuel Artiguez in Behold A Pale Horse (1964)

• Where Eagles Dare (1968)

• The Guns of Navarone (1962)

• Chris Pine as Darwin Tremor in Smokin' Aces (2006)

• Perry King as Kip Moore in Search and Destroy

• Paper Tiger (1975)

• 633 Squadron (1964)

• Escape to Athena (1979)

• A Bridge Too Far (1977)

• Return from the River Kwai (1988)

• Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

• Kung Fu Killer

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Sgt. Pierre Augagneur in Les Morfalous

• Richard Todd as Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1963)

• Resistance fighters in Equilibrium

• William Holden as Shears and Jack Hawkins as Major Warden in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• 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 The Cobra

• Various characters in The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi) (1979)

Television

• Guns (2008)
• Erin Lacourciere as Jeanette Anaise and Vincent Gale as Nigel Griffin in the Sanctuary episode "Normandy" (2011)
• Deadliest Warrior (2009-2011)

Video Games

• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (fitted with suppressor)

• Medal of Honor: Underground (MKII)

• Battlefield: 1942

• 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

• Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield