They feature a lightened bolt that was necessary in order to make them function as their ventilated barrels would reduce the power of the ammunition. The surviving prototypes have silencers that are 22 inches long and would make the weapons clumsy for handling in combat.
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Unfortunately, we have no photographs showing the various prototypes of the Sten silencers except for a couple of surviving examples in the former MOD Pattern Room collection, which is now part of the National Firearms Centre in Leeds, UK. The nomenclature “Special Sten” was decided on for official use. Both of the Thompson silencers used in the test burst during firing while the Sten silencers were still operable after the test was finished. The silenced submachine guns were designated Special Sten and Special Thompson and the Sten was most favorably received. The Sten silencers were made by Enfield, while the Thompson units were made by J. The tests were rather optimistic and involved the reduction of sound and flash signatures, precision at 200 meters and penetration at 300 meters. The first tests were held during the summer of 1942 when a number of silenced Sten guns and Thompsons were tested. Introduction of the Mark II Sten with its easily detachable barrel and shroud, it was inevitable that a silencing unit would be developed for it. Silenced submachine guns became a demand from both the SOE and the regular army.
A small number of Luger pistols were equipped with Parker Hale-type silencers, and while some examples are extant, it is not known today whether they were issued or not. 577/450 caliber with silencers and smokeless powdered ammunition. Shortly thereafter it was suggested to equip a number of Martini Henry carbines in. Handloaded ammunition would be necessary to achieve subsonic velocities. 2-300 rifles were available in England already and could be easily equipped with Cochrane Barnett night sights and Parker Hale would be called upon to produce Maxim silencers for the lever action rifles. In the fall of 1941, an adaptation of the Winchester Model 94 rifle in.
The desire was to find a weapon precise and powerful enough that it could kill a man within 50 yards night sights were required and the weapon should be repeating or self loading. Short of silenced weapons, the options were chloroform, clubs or knives. Silenced weapons were in demand for the agents that were working behind enemy lines in the countries occupied by the Germans. (Inter Service Research Bureau), which was a cover name for the SOE (Special Operations Executive). He developments were initiated by the I.S.R.B. The author went through all the surviving documents on this subject he could find in the British archives and examined dozens of silenced Sten guns in order to write the following article that shows four basic models with variations and prototypes. The silenced Sten was made in a number of variations and the exact details have never been revealed. The Welrod pistol, the DeLisle carbine and the silenced Sten guns are the most widely known and successful results of these developments.
During the Second World War a lot of research and development was entered into silenced weapons in the British service.
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