We quite literally peak behind the curtain in this week's episode to examine why making a semiautomatic firearm (like the Sten) is so much more difficult than one that's purely automatic (like the MP 40).

Join Jonathan as he takes this reallife World of Guns crosssectional look at one of Britain's best known firearms from the Second World War.

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