Sten Machine Carbine - Hardcover

THE STEN MACHINE CARBINE

370 pages. Over 350 illustrations. Hardcover with a dust jacket. The Sten was born of sheer necessity in the bleak, dark days after Dunkirk, when Britain, initially with no machine carbines of any sort in her armoury, stood alone against a powerful, implacable foe, and an invasion by Hitler's Wehrmacht was thought by all to be imminent. Substantial quantities of Thompson submachine guns were ordered from America in early 1940, but they were expensive. The idea for the Sten first came to Harold Turpn at the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) Enfield, as he was working on War Office orders to reverse-engineer a captured German MP28II Schmeisser machine pistol into a weapon for the Royal Navy. Realising that the Lanchester was far too expensive and complex to be made in the quantities required with the critical time-frame that then existed, Turpin sketched out a simple, cheap trigger mechanism. Harold Turpin's proposal was "to produce five stens for the price of one Lanchester, and fifteen for one Thompson". This proved to be the impetus for the entire programme and by the end of 1941 the Sten had armed over 500,000 men. Over four million Stens were eventually produced, in Britain in a total of five service Marks and two silenced versions; plus several interesting experimentals; at six different (private and Government) manufactories and assembly plants. The Book includes clear photgraphs of all models and markings; manufacturers' codes; identification of all parts types; how the Sten works; Sten myths exploded; repairs; accessories and ancillaries; and much, much more! An outstanding reference. Long out of print and Scarce. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in Very Fine As New condition. An opportunity to own a wonderful copy of a Scarce title at a reasonable price. Artikel-Nr. RC024

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