![]() ![]() However, Thompsons were time-consuming and expensive to produce, being anywhere from $70-200 per unit. At the time, the British had been purchasing large quantities of Thompson submachine guns from the United States. The British military had suffered great materiel losses during the evacuation at Dunkirk, and needed a submachine gun that could be quickly manufactured to help resupply the armed forces. The Sten was created during a time of desperation. The Sten gun served as the basis for the superior Sterling submachine gun, which replaced the Sten in British service until the 1980s, when it and all other submachine guns were replaced by the AR L85A1 L85A1 assault rifle. They had a simple design and a very low production cost, making them effective insurgency weapons for resistance groups, and they continue to see usage to this day by irregular military forces. They were used extensively by both British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. The STEN was a family of blowback-operated British submachine guns chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum. ![]()
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