The Sten Machine Carbine
Author | : Peter Laidler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Sten machine carbine |
ISBN | : 9780889352599 |
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Author | : Peter Laidler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Sten machine carbine |
ISBN | : 9780889352599 |
Author | : Anon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781847348203 |
The Sten Gun s role in the Second World War made it one of the most famous weapons of all time. Extremely simple to strip and assemble, it was manufactured by the thousands. As well as becoming a standard infantry weapon it was dropped in huge quantities to resistance movements in occupied Europe, since as a light and easily-concealable weapon it was considered ideal for use by civilians - including women. Its weaknesses were as famous as its strengths - it was especially notorious for jamming, as it did when it was aimed at SS overlord Reinhard Heydrich when his car was ambushed in Prague in 1942 by British trained Czech patriots. (Heydrich was fatally injured by a grenade after grass stuck in the Sten s firing mechanism). This booklet, fully illustrated with photos, is a complete guide to the Sten, covering its mechanism, stripping, assembly, magazine, loading and unloading, aiming and firing and maintenance and cleaning.
Author | : Leroy Thompson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2012-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780961251 |
The Sten submachine gun – officially the 'Carbine, Machine, Sten' – was developed to fulfill the pressing British need for large quantities of cheaply produced weapons after Dunkirk, when German invasion was a very real possibility. Over four million were built during World War II, and the Sten was widely used by airborne troops, tankers, and others who needed a compact weapon with substantial firepower. It proved especially popular with Resistance fighters as it was easy to conceal, deadly at close range, and could fire captured German ammunition – with a design so simple that Resistance fighters were able to produce them in bicycle shops. Featuring vivid first-hand accounts, specially commissioned full-colour artwork and close-up photographs, this is the fascinating story of the mass-produced submachine gun that provided Allied soldiers and Resistance fighters with devastating close-range firepower.
Author | : Wayne Wardman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Owen submachine gun |
ISBN | : 9780731603657 |
Author | : Matthew Moss |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2018-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472828100 |
Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small-arms engineer, George Patchett, the submachine gun that eventually became known as the Sterling was developed during World War II. Some suggest it first saw action during Operation Infatuate with No. 4 Commando, before becoming fully adopted by the British Army in 1953 as the Sterling Machine Carbine (L2A1). It was centre stage for many of Britain's post-colonial conflicts from Malaya to Kenya and from Yemen to Northern Ireland. The silenced L34A1 Sterling-Patchett entered service in 1966 and first saw action deep in the jungles of Vietnam in the hands of the elite special forces of Australia, New Zealand and the United States during prisoner snatches and reconnaissance patrols. Employing first-hand accounts and painstaking technical analysis, this engaging account features carefully selected archive photography and specially commissioned colour artwork depicting the submachine gun that armed British and other forces for nearly 60 years.
Author | : Gale & Polden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Sten machine carbine |
ISBN | : |
Ildvåben, maskinpistoler, våbenhistorie - lille engelsksproget manual fra 1943 om pasning, pleje, m.v. samt våbenteknisk beskrivelse af "the sten machine carbine", som den blev brugt i den engelske hær.