Advanced Fieldsports Research Paper Nr. 7: French Sten copy, the Gnome & Rhone R5 Submachinegun

Pictures and Text by Darius Hoflack

While studying the sources of weapons of the French resistance during the second world war, our author stumbled upon this strange looking copy of the renowned British made Sten submachinegun. It was with great surprise that he discovered in fact that France had produced its own homegrown copy similarly to other occupied countries during the conflict.

TagsDarius Hoflack, Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur, Free French Forces, French resistance, Gnome & Rhone, Gnome & Rhone factory, Gnome & Rhone R5, Gnome & Rhone R5 submachinegun, Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle, MAT, R5 submachinegun, Résistance, Sten Mk. II, Sten Mk. V, Sten submachinegun, submachinegun