British Sten Early Experimental Butt Stock 20th Century The case is item 23

The case is item 23 in Tafel 5

It is most often a part of a military or police uniform

In 1861 these mounted regiments were renamed cavalry and given yellow piping

Just as the Chemical Corps had responsibility for poison gas and smoke weapons that were used instead to deliver high-explosives during the war

WW2 manufactured Model M

British Sten Early Experimental Butt Stock 20th Century The case is item 23Original Item: Something of a mystery surrounds these butt stocks. Of the many thousands of Stens that have been examined at IMA, only three of these stocks have surfaced. All are marked with the Broad Arrow but have no further marking. Peter Laidler, in The Sten Machine Carbine, pages 254 255, identifies these as very early designs because of the internal strut provided for attachment of the Enfield rifle sling; in other words, they were made before