Sten
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The STEN is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and during the Korean War. The Sten paired a simple desig
A Sten MK II, this one is missing the trigger housing cover and has the late-WW2 stock design
Sten Mk II magazine insert
Worker posing with a Sten Mk II in the factory on 26 May 1942
Soldiers of Durham Light Infantry with a Sten Mk III
M3 submachine gun
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The M3 is an American.45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal..45, M3. The M3 was chambered for the same.45 ACP round fired by
World War II–era Guide Lamp M3 submachine gun with 30-round magazine and other accessories. The Buffalo Arms bolt in this original M3 is dated January 1944.
M3 in use in Brittany, France, August 1944
Brig. Gen. Harrison, armed with M3 submachine gun in conversation with Capt. John E. Kent, Co. A, 117th Infantry Regiment somewhere in France, fall 1944
A U.S. Army PFC tanker, armed with an M3A1 submachine gun guards his M60A3 main battle tank during Central Guardian, a phase of Exercise REFORGER in West Germany, January 1985