STEN Mk. IIS
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STEN Mk.IIS (STEN Mark 2 Silenced)
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buy naltrexone online canada buy naltrexone The STEN name came out of names of the designers (R. V. Shepard and H. J. Turpin) and from the factory where they worked (Enfield arsenal). It was one of the most crude and ugly and simply, but effective submachine guns of the WW2. Almost 4 millions of STEN guns of different versions were made between 1941 and 1945. STEN guns were made not only in Royal Small Arms factory in Enfield; other makers included famous British gunmaking company of the time BSA Ltd, as well as Royal Ordnance Arsenal in Fazakerly, England, and Long Branch Arsenal in Canada.
Some Mk.II STEN guns were manufactured with integral silencers for undercover operations and were marked as Mk.II(S). These guns had shortened barrels enclosed into integral silencer. The silencer was rather effective so most audible sound when firing Mk.IIS was the clattering of the bolt moving back and forth in the receiver. Contemporary manuals advised that Mk.IIS submachine gun was to be fired in semi-automatic mode; the ful-automatic fire was reserved for emergency situations, as it decreased the service life of silencer significantly.
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Weapontype: Submachine Gun (silenced)
Manufacturer: RSAF Enfield, BSA Ltd, Royal Ordnance Arsenal, Long Branch Arsenal and others
Operation: Blowback
Cartridge: 9x19mm Luger/Para
Weight: 3.48 Kg (7.67 Lbs)
Length: 900 mm (35.43 in)
Barrel: 90 mm (3.54 in)
Rifling: 6 grooves, rh
Magazine Capacity: 32 Rounds
Feed system: magazine
In Production: 1943-45
Sights: Fixed Iron sight
Rate of fire: 450 Rpm
Effective range: 50-100 Meters (54.6-109 yd)
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