Mark 5 Sten Gun
STEN Mk.5 Sub Machine Gun
Antiqued English Pewter 1/6 mounted replica of the Sten Gun Mark 5 and 9mm round (deactivated) with a short information panel.
On black baize, with green mount and housed in a walnut coloured frame.
size (glass) 222mm x 206mm
Panel Reads :-
The STEN (or Sten gun) was a family of British 9 mm, 32-round detachable box magazine, submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. They were notable for having a simple design and very low production cost making them effective insurgency weapons for resistance groups. STEN is an acronym, from the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald V. Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield. Introduced in 1944, the Mk V was essentially a better-quality, more elaborate version of the Mk 2. Changes included a wooden pistol grip, a vertical wooden fore grip, a wooden stock, and a bayonet mount. There was a No4 Lee Enfield foresight and the weapon was of better quality manufacture and finish than the Mk2 and Mk3.
