The unprepossessing STEN gun was produced at half the price of an American M3 “grease gun” and some 20 times less than a Thompson submachine gun during World War II.

While the Sten Gun was retired soon after the war, the Lanchester remained in service with the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and other Commonwealth navies at least into the late 1960s.

The start of World War II—and Germany’s extensive use of the MP38—changed their minds. The only submachine gun available to the British, though, was the Thompson—and they started ordering ...

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They had the Sten guns, which was the small automatic weapons. They had what we called the cup discharger. It fitted onto the end of .303 rifle and it actually fired hand grenades.

He said the British manufactured 4 million of the guns in World War II. They were not known for outstanding accuracy, but they could fire at a rate of 550 rounds per minute from a 30-round magazine.

These World War II era weapons include over 7,000 Lee-Enfield No 4 rifles, 1,000 Sten submachine guns and 90 Bren machine-guns. A set of guns (one of each) is going for $1,700. The Stens, which are ...