Nonskimmer
Captain
I already have. Again, good post.
Rifles and Machineguns of WW2
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You couldn't find a documented report on the subject. Well, if it happened in the midst of battle and the person died, he's hardly going to get up the next morning and tell the U.S War Department that the Mr.Bad German found out he'd ran out of rounds, ran around the corner and stabbed him in his freakin' eye, is he?
James Pickering
Airman
A trivial anecdote relating to the Sten gun:
My father was a corporal in the Home Guard and he was issued a Sten gun (MkII) in 1940 which he kept at home (no ammunition -- common in his unit -- Burnley HG).
I used to take it to bed with me at night and pretend there were German paratroopers invading our house -- I would "mow them down" (accompanied by my own sound effects).
The first night I did that, I woke up in the middle of the night with painfully burning eyes -- my father rinsed them out using copious amounts of water -- they remained red and swollen all the next day.
My father determined there was flux residue on the welds (Sten guns were utilitarian weapons hastily assembled and shipped without niceties of finish due to the pressures of wartime production requirements). I had rubbed my eyes after handling the weapon and had transferred the chemical flux residue to them. My father rinsed the entire Sten gun with hot water and dried it well. I experienced no further problems when handling it.
My father was a metallurgical inspector with Joseph Lucas Ltd. working throughout WW2 on the Jet engine development project (we didn't know that, however, because it was secret) thus his knowledge of brazing/welding fluxes.
James
My father was a corporal in the Home Guard and he was issued a Sten gun (MkII) in 1940 which he kept at home (no ammunition -- common in his unit -- Burnley HG).
I used to take it to bed with me at night and pretend there were German paratroopers invading our house -- I would "mow them down" (accompanied by my own sound effects).
The first night I did that, I woke up in the middle of the night with painfully burning eyes -- my father rinsed them out using copious amounts of water -- they remained red and swollen all the next day.
My father determined there was flux residue on the welds (Sten guns were utilitarian weapons hastily assembled and shipped without niceties of finish due to the pressures of wartime production requirements). I had rubbed my eyes after handling the weapon and had transferred the chemical flux residue to them. My father rinsed the entire Sten gun with hot water and dried it well. I experienced no further problems when handling it.
My father was a metallurgical inspector with Joseph Lucas Ltd. working throughout WW2 on the Jet engine development project (we didn't know that, however, because it was secret) thus his knowledge of brazing/welding fluxes.
James
Nonskimmer
Captain
At some point during his service in the airborne, my great-uncle carried a Sten Mk.II. It was a real love/hate relationship, apparently. Not so much to do with the welds though.
James Pickering
Airman
I was in charge (NCOIC/Chief Range Officer) of the small arms firing training programs and range at Yokota Air Base (Tama Army Airfield) some twenty five miles north of Tokyo in the early 1960s ..... among the weapons in my inventory were two M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR) which were required for range instructor fully automatic fire familiarization and training (BAR and M2 carbine) and thus I fired that weapon extensively. It is indeed a heavy and cumbersome weapon with a limited magazine capacity although it was much liked by infantrymen as a squad weapon. I found it quite easy to hold on target in slow fire mode but hard to keep from climbing in fast fire mode.P38 Pilot said:
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wmaxt
Staff Sergeant
James Pickering said:
Hang in there James!
wmaxt
Yes good luck and my prayers.
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CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
Maschine Pistole MP-40 in the wrong hands 
CharlesBronson said:Maschine Pistole MP-40 in the wrong hands
LOL
Nonskimmer
Captain
Who needs a 12 gauge when you've got one of those, eh?
schwarzpanzer
Senior Airman
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heh-heh
Reminds me of that MP40 gatehouse biddy on Golfinger.
Also that Sten-granny on IF was amusing.
Reminds me of that MP40 gatehouse biddy on Golfinger.
Also that Sten-granny on IF was amusing.
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CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
Stg 44 in the firing range.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
pretty sweet, i never realised quite how much it looks like the AK-47 before...........
That is because the AK-47 is a soviet copy of it...
Good clip CB.
Good clip CB.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
i thought it was just influenced by it i never realised it was a direct copy?
