The STEN MK.2 Long Branch, Shepherd & Turpin ENfield,
Airsoft replica is modelled on the Canadian manufactured
version (1941-44) of the British Mk.2 Sten which was made
by Small Arms Ltd in Long Branch, Ontario as an back-up
reserve of firepower to assist in finishing the war.
Almost 150,000 were produced at a reported cost of $9 each.
This airsoft replica is based on a variant of the Canadian
Long Branch Arsenal STEN Mk. 2, ordered by the Chinese
Nationalist Government, and distinctively bears Chinese
characters on the top of the magazine housing.
72,882 were produced at Long Branch as aid to the
Republic of China, although not all were delivered,
during the Second World War.
It was similar to the British-made Mk. 2, using interchangeable
parts and components, but made with smoother edges,
better tolerances, and an overall higher production quality.
Some features that identify a Canadian-made STEN are use
of spot welding, instead of arc welding and the finished weld
on the magazine housing being polished,
as seen on the STEN Mk. 5.
The Chinese character markings on the magazine housing are:
Top line - “si deng”, phonetic reading of “STEN”;
Second line - “shou ti ji qiang”, which means “submachine gun”
literally “portable machine gun”.
Bottom line - “jia nada zao”, meaning “Made in Canada”.
After the war ended, the civil war in China erupted, and these
STEN guns wound up in the hands of both Nationalist and
Communist forces.
The Nationalist Government retreated to Taiwan and issued
these Canadian lend-lease STEN guns and its erstwhile
homegrown clone, the Model 38 SMG, to army frogmen,
military police, civilian police, and the local civil defense forces
stationed on outlying islands.
Any ROC-owned examples of this weapon that survived both
the Second World War and the Chinese Civil War are now
stored in the Ordnance Readiness and Development Center
ORDC, of the ROC Armed Forces.
Chinese-marked Mk. 2 STEN guns were also captured from
communist forces during the Korean War and the
Malayan Emergency.
It is believed that the serial numbers of Chinese-marked
STEN guns starts with 9L and 10L, which is an incredibly rare
sight in civilian gun markets around the world.
Thus it was assumed that most STENs with these numbers
went to China.
This was eventually substantiated by sources provided
by the ORDC.
These sources and others also showed that the majority
of these Canadian-made, Chinese-marked STEN guns that
were actually used in the Chinese theater were 1944-dated,
and that most 1945-dated STEN guns remained in Canada
and were sent elsewhere.
Therefore, Northeast Airsoft has opted to stamp our quality
replicas with a 1944 date.
The total number of production units was 149,905 guns,
distributed as following:
Canadian Forces: 65,160
UK: 9,781
Mutual Aid, Republic of China: 72,882
Mutual Aid, USSR: 2
Mutual Aid, Free French: 1,400
Other: 680
Many didn't make it to Europe (or China) as they were lost at
sea as a result of the German attacks on merchant marine
ships supplying the Allied Armed forces.
32bb gas Magazine.
Inner barell: 150mm.
Lenght: 760mm.
Weight: 3200gr.
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Replica storica con corpo in metallo e calcio "Skeleton"
triangolare, in acciaio.
Sistemea di tiro full/semi automatico ad otturatore
scarrellante a culatta aperta.
Outer barrel floattante con astina a "radiatore" con
relativi fori per raffreddamento ad aria.
NorthEast usa materiali di primissima qualità come
alluminio CNC ed acciaio specialmente per quanti riguarda
le componenti soggette ad usura.
Meccanismo pre-shot di uscita del pallino.
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