This clearly took time to fiulter down to troops as this photograph of the Parachute Regiment in Batavia dates form December 1945 and the front grip is still visible: Whilst the Mk V Stens were used mostly by airborne troops in the Second World War, the Mk 5 (numbers had changed from Roman to Arabic in August 1944) was issued to all troops in the post war era and saw service in Malaya, Korea and Suez amongst others. The model number of the Sten is marked on the magazine housing: Unlike my Mk II Sten, this example has not been modified and retains the British cocking handle: These weapons were initially produced with a front pistol grip as well, but this was deleted from production in June 1945, which suggests this example dates from the immediate post war period.
This was a Sten Mk.II modified with a 5-inch barrel and folding stock, as well as a conventional pistol grip and redesigned trigger guard. It was compact but predictably uncomfortable to fire.
These were issued to the Parachute regiment especially in 1944, seeing limited service in Normandy and being far more common in photographs from Arnhem: My example dates from the immediate post war period: Refinements include a wooden stock: With a top mounted sling loop: A vertical wooden pistol grip: And a front sight taken from the No4 rifle: This allowed a bayonet to be fitted to the Sten, initially the World War Two spike bayonet, but later the No 7 bayonet we looked at a few weeks back: The finish and fitting of the gun is also better than the Mk II and consequently the weapons took longer to produce and were more reliable for it 12 hours a gun rather than the six for a Sten II. Scarce Fully Operational World War II British STEN Mark II Fully Automatic Class III Registered Submachine Gun with Magazines and Canvas PouchesThis is an. Mark II (pistol grip model) This was a Sten Mk.II with a wireframe pistol grip, intended for use with paratroopers. The Sten MkV was a more elaborate and better made version of the Sten II and was introduced in early 1944. The Sten Mk II was the subject of a blog post here, tonight we turn to a later variant of the Sten the Mk V.
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