Sten MK II 1943 Submachine gun
The Sten mk2 is a sub-machine gun chambered in 9×19 NATO built to replace the prohibitively expensive Thompson sub-machine gun in British Service as the Sten gun is a much simpler and more cost-effective design, especially during the trade embargo in place on Britain during World War 2. The Sten was initially manufactured in Britain […]
Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk III No. 1 1918
Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk III No. 1 1918 ShtLE Mk III* (LSA Co. Ld.) London Small Arms, No. 1 Mark 1* D11D 113233 /31R70483 (Rifle & Bolt); bolt action, barrel length 25 3/16″ (640 mm); Cal .303 British (7.7 mm); Magazine capacity 10 rounds; has a sling; bayonet 76455A (1907); barbed wire cutter No. 1 […]
Bren MK I machine gun (Inglis 1943) Light
MBFA13, ST3579 (barrel) automatic; gas operated; rate of fire 550 rounds/min; muzzle velocity 2400 ft/sec (731m/sec) barrel length 25 in, 635 mm; total length 42.25 in, 107.3 cm; Cal .303 British (7.7 mm) magazine (30 round capacity) sling, case of magazines, spare barrel , tool kit, wooden travel chest with markings “Chest Bren. 303.IN.MG. Mk […]
Thompson 1921 Submachine gun (replica)
The “Tommy Gun” was issued to the 1st Battalion of the 48th Highlanders in 1943 prior to going to Sicily. Brigadier General John Tagliaferro Thompson, a US Army Ordinance officer, was interested in developing an automatic rifle. He rejected all the conventional operating systems available at that time and chose a system developed by Commander […]
Lewis 1914 Machine Gun MK3 (BSA)
The Lewis gun derives from patents relating to a gas-operated machine gun developed by Samuel N. MacLean. As the patents stood, the gun would not work. Colonel Isaac N. Lewis, a former artillery officer who developed various fire control instruments during his career, was asked by the Automatic Arms Company of Buffalo, NY, to transform […]