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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

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

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Noun

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

Translations

Sten gun [ˈstengʌn] N → metralleta f Sten

sten gun

n (Mil) → leichtes Maschinengewehr

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