Description

SKU: NE-SMG-06
Length: 760mm
Weight: 3,150g
Magazine Capacity: 32 rounds of 6mm BB
Fire Model: Semi and Fully automatic
 
This is based on the model of Long Branch STEN Mk. 2, ordered by the Nationalist government (Republic of China), bears the Chinese characters on the top of the magazine housing. Which is one of 72,882 which were produced at Long Branch as aid to Republic of China (although not all delivered) in the second world war.
These Chinese characters markings on the magazine housing are, the Top line is “si deng”, phonetic of STEN; the second linen is “shou ti ji qiang”, which means hand carry machine gun; the bottom line is “jia nada zao”, Made in Canada.
After the war ended, the civil war in China surfaced, these STEN guns wound up on both sides of Nationalist and Communist forces. The Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan and issued these Canadian lend-leases and its clone (Model 38) STEN guns to army frogmen, military police, police and the local civil defense forces stationed in the outlying islands. And now the ones that survived the second war and the civil war are stored in Ordnance Readiness and Development Center (ORDC). However, these Chinese marked Mk. 2 STEN guns are also captured from communist forces in Korea war and Malaysia campaigns.
It is believed that the serial numbers of Chinese marked STEN Guns starts from 9L to 10L is very rare to be spotted in the civilian gun markets around the world, so it is assumed that most of them went to China. And it’s proved from the source out of Republic of China (Taiwan) army ORDC. That is why we choose the marking of 1944, instead of 1945, which is easy to google