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03-31-2024 01:19 PM
# ADS
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I had a couple, my first was a 1942 Long Branch I bought from a Warrant Officer that claimed he "Found" it hanging in a tree in Germany back in the '50s. Possible, there was enough stuff still around over there at the time. It worked perfectly.
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I find it funny that we Military Folks seem to always "Find" things lying about
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The Sten MkII is not "simplicity", rather it is an example of extremely intelligent design.
If you were to class subguns into generations, one could argue that a STEN MkI is a Gen 1.5 subgun, but a MkII has leapt the MP40 and PPSh into a Gen 2.5.
In reality a MkIII Sten is a MkI* converted to modern production methods, truely analagous to the relationship between an MP38 and an MP40
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If you had a solid tube Mk2 - or better still, a Mk5 Sten and 10 good magazines the worked in YOUR gun, that was all you needed. It was as safe as the other SMG's too. In that fired when you wanted it to and wouldn't fire when you didn't want it to, contrary to some ill informed writings.
But If I had to carry one in action again, it'd be a trusty L2A3 Sterling. The Rolls Royce of SMG's
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Just the other week I finished a semi-auto SBR for a friend. The Sten is agriculturally simple and an excellent example of efficiency on a budget. It's magazines sort of stink, but it works.
"You are what you do when it counts."
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Sten magazines were based on the Lanchester SMG because the Lanchester was in production already. The Lanchester in its turn was based on the German MP28, thus magazines also. MP38/40 magazines in turn were based on the MP28 magazines as production existed. In theory [and practice?] the Sten magazines should be able to use MP38/40 magazines. The Sten magazines were used as the basis for the US M3 SMG?
Is my reasoning correct?
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