Silenced MK5 Sten

[Peter Laidler]

The jacket is too thick too. The originals were quite thin, a bit of canvas over a bit of horsehair matting over some asbestos string - Vickers barrel gland packing material and tightened up so you could look along the sights.

Why do you (and many others incidentally) call the Sten a STEn? It's not! The word STEN is a word in its own right in accordance with the Oxford Dictionary.

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[Lee Enfield]

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Why do you (and many others incidentally) call the Sten a STEn? It's not! The word STEN is a word in its own right in accordance with the Oxford Dictionary.

I was being "cute" to add to my charm and natural good looks ;-)

"S"hepherd "T"urpin "En"gland (STEn)...