The Sten Gun Kept Jamming — Here’s Why
Автор: WW2 The Forgotten Fronts
Загружено: 2026-01-22
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The Sten gun was never meant to be loved — it was meant to be built fast.
In 1940, Britain was desperate after Dunkirk, and they needed a submachine gun they could stamp, weld, and mass-produce by the hundreds of thousands. The result was the Sten: cheap, crude, and effective… but infamous for one thing.
Jamming.
Soldiers even joked the Sten stood for “Stoppage Every Nine.” But the truth is, the Sten wasn’t “cursed” — it had a real mechanical weakness, and it came down to one part most people ignore: the magazine.
In this WW2 documentary breakdown, you’ll learn:
Why the Sten gun jammed so often in combat
How the side-feeding magazine design created feeding problems
What happens inside an open-bolt Sten when it fires
The common mistakes that made stoppages worse
The field fixes soldiers used to keep it running
The Sten wasn’t glamorous… but it helped arm Britain fast enough to survive.
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