Clement Attlee's Curious MkII STEN Front Grip

In today's video we look at an interesting Sten Gun that the UK's greatest wartime Deputy Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, brandished while visiting Polish troops!

Check it out below:

While doing some archival digging in the IWM's online image collection I came across a couple of intriguing photos. Featuring the UK's WW2 Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee examining a STEN MkII with an intriguing ad hoc front grip!

The STEN

Alan Lee, a Chelsea Pensioner, formerly a member of the Parachute Regiment talks about the STEN Gun, while looking over a MKII.  He talks about when it was best used and over what distances it was effective.  He also explains who was issued with one and the difficulty in retaining the STEN's empty magazines when in action.

The video was made as part of the British National Army Museum's 'The Old & the Bold'.

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