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I would not call Sten 'good'. It required good maintenance. After assembly it required a few blind shots to warm up and it often misfired (both are terrible if
by jkot 10y ago
I would not call Sten 'good'. It required good maintenance. After assembly it required a few blind shots to warm up and it often misfired (both are terrible if you are hiding in woods), Plus it jammed often, at Heydrich attentat for example.
Main reason why (czech) resistance used Sten was to show their association with British. There were better guns available among people and stolen from Germans
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoMaybe "good" is too high praise, but they did make four million of it in total, so it was at least somewhat useful in the field. Which can't be said of some of the modern boogeymen like 3d-printed guns.