Sten submachine gun

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The Sten submachine gun was a simple, inexpensive British 9mm World War II firearm widely used by Allied forces and resistance fighters for its ease of manufacture and concealment.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sten submachine gun canonical 11
Sten Mk I 1
Sten Mk I* 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf firearm ⓘ
submachine gun ⓘ
action blowback ⓘ
barrelLength approximately 196 mm ⓘ
caliber 9 mm ⓘ
cartridge 9×19mm Parabellum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designed 1940 ⓘ
designer Harold J. Turpin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reginald V. Shepherd ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
feedSystem 32-round detachable box magazine ⓘ
hasVariant Sten Mk I ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun

Sten Mk I* ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun

Sten Mk II ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun

Sten Mk III ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun

Sten Mk V ⓘ
Sten Mk VI ⓘ
inService 1941 ⓘ
inServiceUntil 1960s ⓘ
manufacturer BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) ⓘ
Lines Brothers ⓘ
Royal Ordnance Factories ⓘ
linked to: Royal Ordnance
mass approximately 3.2 kg unloaded ⓘ
namedAfter Enfield ⓘ
Shepherd ⓘ
Turpin ⓘ
notableFeature compact size ⓘ
ease of concealment ⓘ
ease of manufacture ⓘ
low production cost ⓘ
side-mounted magazine ⓘ
simple design ⓘ
use of stamped metal parts ⓘ
numberBuilt over 4 million ⓘ
operation open bolt ⓘ
overallLength approximately 760 mm ⓘ
rateOfFire approximately 500 rounds per minute ⓘ
replaced Lanchester submachine gun ⓘ
successor Sterling submachine gun ⓘ
usedBy Allied resistance movements ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
British Home Guard ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
French Resistance ⓘ
Norwegian Army ⓘ
Norwegian resistance ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
Polish resistance ⓘ
Special Operations Executive ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
usedInConflict 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ
Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Anthropoid → weaponUsed → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten Mk I ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten Mk I* ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten Mk II ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun
Sten submachine gun → hasVariant → Sten Mk III ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun
death of Reinhard Heydrich → hasWeapon → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Sten Mk V → partOfSeries → Sten gun family ⓘ
linked to: Sten submachine gun
Sten Mk VI → variantOf → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Lines Brothers → product → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Lanchester submachine gun → differenceFrom → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Turpin → notableWork → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Turpin → coDeveloperOf → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Sterling submachine gun → replaced → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Reginald V. Shepherd → coDeveloperOf → Sten submachine gun ⓘ
Reginald V. Shepherd → notableWork → Sten submachine gun ⓘ