It may be that the grip was experimental and provided to the Polish paratroops for testing or it was an adaptation unique to the unit – perhaps something the unit’s armourer made. These were the only two photos of the grip I could find and I haven’t yet been able to find any documentary references to them. Sadly the photos are fairly low resolution so we can’t see too much more detail. The grip appears to possibly pivot on a rivet and the grip itself appears to be tubular metal. It appears to be made up of a band of steel which slid onto the barrel nut housing – much like the later MkV foregrip. Clement Attlee with STEN MkII (Imperial War Museum) Some Mk IIs were fitted with a wooden stock as this part was desirable and interchangeable with the Mk V. In this second photograph, Attlee is holding the Sten by its trigger mechanism cover and we can see the folding grip more clearly. To allow a soldier to hold a Sten by the hot barrel sleeve with the supporting hand, an insulating lace-on leather sleeve guard was sometimes issued.9 Sten Mk IIs in German possession were designated MP 749(e), the 'e' signifying 'englisch'. In the photos he’s accompanied by Colonel Stanisław Sosabowski, the commander of the brigade. “Mr Attlee tries the weight and feel of the Sten Sub-machine gun used by the Paratroops.”Īttlee was visiting the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade during a visit to the 1st Polish Corps) at Cupar in Scotland. this keeps the stock from slipping down and then being able to just pop off the back. Also, in this video I demonstrate how I could very easily have been killed by the enemy as I hold the gun by the. they slip into the half-round thing on the back and hook into a slot in the trigger guard in one motion, the cup thing that holds the recoil spring has a nipple that then pops into the round hole (washer lookin thing) on the stock. The original caption of this photo reads: Some close-up fun with the British STEN gun. Butts are generally interchangeable on these Stens and a pistol-grip could replace. The earlier MkI had had a front folding grip, but the MkI*, introduced in October 1942, had eliminated this to speed up production. Firearms - Blueprint - Sten Mk III Sub Machine Gun Receiver Bond.
The MkII, introduced in August 1941, did not have a folding front grip as standard. Most interestingly though is the folding front grip which has been added to the Sten! Clement Attlee with STEN MkII (Imperial War Museum) Cosmetically, a wooden butt, a pistol grip, and a fore grip were. They show Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee handling a STEN MkII submachine gun while visiting Polish troops. The Sten Mark V was introduced for airborne troops, though no real improvements were made. I was recently I was taking a look through the Imperial War Museums’ online image collection when I found a pair of very interesting photographs taken in Scotland in April 1942.
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