Posted on Oct 11, 2020

The Old and the Bold: Sten Gun

CW5 Jack Cardwell

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LTC Stephen C.

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Got to familiarize with the STEN gun at the SF weapons course at Fort Bragg, NC during the summer of 1970. I thought it was a hunk of junk.
CW5 Jack Cardwell SGT Robert Pryor SSG Michael Noll CPL Douglas Chrysler

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1LT Voyle Smith

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I also encountered the Sten at Ft Bragg, in 1967. And it is a hunk of junk by modern standards, but it was cheap & easy to make, so it was very popular with unconventional forces in WW II, such as the French Maquis.

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LTC Stephen C.

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You’re absolutely correct, 1LT Voyle Smith. However, we also familiarized with other cheaply made (stamped metal) submachine guns, such as the Danish Madsen M50, and I thought it to be a better weapon overall. Granted, it was produced post WWII.
CW5 Jack Cardwell CPL Douglas Chrysler PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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