Designed to be made from stamped sheet metal by unskilled labour at a fraction of the cost of other submachine guns, the crude but effective Sten was churned out in the millions and dropped by the tens of thousands to Resistance fighters across occupied Europe as well as issued to British infantry sections.
This picture was taken in The White Eagle Museum in Skarżysko-Kamienna.Grzegorz Pietrzak (user Vindicator) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · sourceCollectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Dienst voor Legercontacten Indonesië Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : [Achtergelaten zelfgefabriceerd machinepistool zonder magazijn] Annotatie : DjK Datum : 1947/01/01 Nationaal Archief · CC0 · sourceArmamento expuesto en el Museo de Armas de la Nación, ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014.Gelpgim22 (Sergio Moises Panei Pitrau) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source