The STEN was very popular with resistance groups because it was easily concealable and effective at close range. Regardless of these drawbacks, it was a popular gun with soldiers because of its lightweight and fast rate of fire. If the magazine was in and the weapon was dropped, banged against something, or placed down too hard, it had a tendency to empty its magazine. However, not working was not its biggest flaw.Ī lack of a proper safety and a tendency to fire without warning were also serious issues with the SMG. Soldiers in WWII would routinely check if their STEN guns worked before bringing them into combat and then merely throwing away the ones that were not effective. The speed of production made the STEN not uniformly produced or distributed. Due to the magazines which required a more precise mag-well, they were prone to jamming. It was very easy to maintain and had little need for upkeep, if your STEN worked. The STEN was a very cheap and easy to produce submachine gun. This necessity bread the adaptable, cheap, and easy to manufacture STEN gun. British Commonwealth forces needed a submachine gun.
The demand for submachine guns was not met by the purchase of Thompson submachine guns from the United States, especially after the US entered WWII at the end of 1941. The STEN gun was born out of necessity, following the British evacuation at Dunkirk where a lot of equipment was abandoned, the British Army was in desperate need of war material. It was also used by countless resistance groups as a highly effective insurgency weapon. Over 4 million were produced in various versions starting in 1940. It was used by British Commonwealth forces during World War II and Korea, and by over 50 other nations in over 30 conflicts in a variety of different variants. Its side loading magazine was consistent with the British tradition at the time of having ease of reloading when in the prone position. misbruk av våpenkopier straffes på lik linje med vanlige våpen.The STEN gun was submachine gun helped to defeat the Nazi during the Second World War and spawned several variations on the submachine gun platform. Husk at bare synet av et våpen kan virke skremmende på mange og at event. Det er ikke lov å bære våpenkopier på offentlig sted.
De kan IKKE skytes med (heller ikke løs-krutt) og heller ikke bygges om til å skytes med. All mekanisme fungerer som på originalene. In addition, the M1928A1, along with the regular model M1928 were adopted by the USMC (Marine Corps of the United States) while the M1A1 model was chosen by the army, serving during World War II and later in the Korean War, and also later in the early instances of the Vietnam War.Īlle våpenkopier fra Denix er laget i en zink-legering som gir samme vekt og størrelse som originalene. This submachine gun achieved its first popularity in the time of the Gansters during the Great Depression and in the films based on them.
The M1A1 had the shortest barrel, a straight magazine of 30 cartridges and the cocking lever was on the right side. This model had a longer barrel and the cocking lever was at the top of the gun.
The first was the model M1928A1 that had a straight magazine of 20 cartridges or a magazine type drum of 50-100 cartridges. There were two military models of the submachine gun. In addition, the sights were removed and substituted by the traditional ones in the L form. These simplifications were based on moving the arm lever from the top of the gun to the right side, limiting the feeding system exclusively to straight loaders and eliminate the mouth brake. The M1 submachine gun model designed by Thompson in 1928 is the result of successive simplifications of the first versions, with the main objective of reducing production costs. Replica of the submachine gun M1 made of metal and wood, with simulated mechanism of charge and firing and removable charger. Leveres nå med ringfester for rem på på forskjeftet og skulderstokk. Produsert i en Zink-legering som gir samme følelse og finish som et ekte våpen. Lengde 82 cm, og vekt 3650 gram, det samme som en ekte "Tommy". Tommy Gun modell 1928 A1 med rett forskjefte og rett magasin (ikke trommel).
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