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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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Military history

• Full title: Sten Gun
• Author: Leroy Thompson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• EAN: 9781849087599
• ISBN: 1849087598
• ID: 01232192
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 298 g
• Dimensions: 247 × 185 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. September 2012

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