Sten gun

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Sten gun

(stĕn)

A 9-millimeter submachine gun used chiefly by British and Commonwealth forces during World War II and the Korean War.

[After the names of its designers, Colonel Reginald V. S(hepherd) and Harold J. T(urpin), and En(gland), on the model of Bren gun.]

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Sten gun

(stɛn)

(Military) a light 9 mm sub-machine-gun formerly used in the British Army and Commonwealth forces, developed during World War II

[C20: from s and t (initials of Shepherd and Turpin, the inventors) + -en, as in Bren gun]

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Sten′ gun`

a British light submachine gun.

Also called Sten.

[1940–45; R.V. S(hepherd) + H.J. T(urpin), the designers + En(gland)]

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Sten gun - a lightweight British submachine gun

submachine gun - machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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Sten gun

[ˈstengʌn] N → metralleta f Sten

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sten gun

n (Mil) → leichtes Maschinengewehr

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