Re: Sten Gun design

From: Dirk Bruere at Neopax <dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:59:52 +0000

coastwatch wrote:

Can anyone throw light on what I see as a design quirk in the Sten Gun
From my limited knowledge most SMGs have a magazine that fits under the
gun, the only others I know of are the old German Bergman, and the
British Lanchester that derived form it ( also the post WW11 Sterling
SMG)
I have no experience of using firearms, but it seems to me awkward to
have a magazine sticking out at one side of the gun.
Were there any reasons for this choice of configuration?


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