Sten

Specifications

• Weight: 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) (Mk. II)
• Length: 760 mm (29.9 in)
• Barrel length: 196 mm (7.7 in)
• Cartridge: 9x19mm Parabellum
• Action: Blowback-operated, Open bolt
• Rate of fire: Version dependent; ~500 round/min
• Muzzle velocity: 365 m/s (1,198 ft/s)
• Effective range: 60 m
• Feed system: 32-rd detachable box magazine
• Sights: fixed peep rear, post front

The Sten submachine gun has appeared in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Sten Mk I* Submachine gun - 9x19mm

Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9x19mm

Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9x19mm

Sten Mk II fitted with silencer 9x19mm

Sten Mk III Submachine gun - 9x19mm

Sten Mk V issued to Airborne forces 9x19mm

Film

• Chris Pine as Darwin Tremor in Smokin' Aces

• Perry King as Kip Moore in Search and Destroy

• Paper Tiger (1975)

• 633 Squadron (1964) (Sten Mk I* version)

• Escape to Athena (1979)

• A Bridge Too Far (1977)

• Return from the River Kwai (1988)

• Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

• Kung Fu Killer

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Sgt. Pierre Augagneur in Les Morfalous

• Michael Caine as Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File

• Richard Todd as Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1963)

• Resistance fighters in Equilibrium

• British soldiers and William Holden as Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

• Polish Resistance in The Pianist

• Michael Caine as Col. Steiner and various characters in The Eagle Has Landed

• John Cassavetes as Hank "Machine Gun" MacCain in Machine Gun MacCain

Video Games

• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (fitted with silencer)

• Battlefield: 1942

• British Army soldiers in Medal of Honor: Frontline (non-playable)

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein

• Call of Duty

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour

• Call of Duty 2

• Call of Duty 3

• Call of Duty: United Offensive (fitted with silencer)

• Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts

• Silent Storm (Mk. II, Mk. III with silencer, Mk. IV & Mk. V)

• Hour of Victory (fitted with silencer)

• Vietcong (Mk. IIS fitted with silencer)

• Vietcong 2 (Mk. IIS fitted with silencer)

• Hidden & Dangerous 2 (Mk. II and Mk. IIS fitted with silencer)