Annihilator Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I have 2 Sten mags coming from a french resistance cache discovered about 15 years ago: they have a letter S painted on them. Could this be a specific marking for a mag containing subsonic ammo for the MK2S ? Did the british even use subsonic ammo as the barrel was perforated to reduce bullet velocity ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Annihilator, It's conjecture at this point, but I like your hypothesis. It's hard think of a reason to mark individual magazines like that. Does anyone know of British WWII subsonic ammunition? I think I'll put out a note on the IAA forum to see if anyone there knows... Perhaps one of our British members here may be able to provide an answer. I'll also take a look at my Laidler book, and see if he mentions it. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3bobby Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 As far as I'm aware, all the 9mm ammo was made to the same spec, no subsonic ammo was made for the standard MKII S STEN. However, I can't vouch for the SOE Silenced STEN with the CISA silencer so its possible that other, non standard contract 9mm ammo may have been purchased for these (But I doubt it). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 The consensus on the IAA board is that no examples of WWII Commonwealth subsonic 9MM ammunition is known. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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