automatic sub-machine gun
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19530003-032
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Small Arms Limited
- Date Made 1944
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/01/01
- Latest 1944/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Mk. 2
- Inscription STEN MACHINE CARBINE MK.II PRESENTED TO COL J.L. RALSTON BY THE WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT OF SMALL ARMS LTD OCTOBER 31, 1944; STEN MK II; LONG BRANCH; 1944; LB intertwined; on rear of frame: LB intertwinded; on stock: 10-2-2; on magazine: M/78
- Pattern Name Sten
- Materials Steel
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Measurements Height 19.8 cm, Length 79.0 cm, Width 10.8 cm
- Caption Small Arms Limited
- Additional Information The employees of Small Arms Limited of Long Branch, Ontario, presented this Lee-Enfield rifle and Sten submachine gun to Minister of National Defence J. L. Ralston in October 1944. This factory alone produced tens of thousands of Lee-Enfields and Stens for Canadian and Allied forces.