A World War One machine gun and other weaponry are among the items lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence over the last ...

A deactivated World War Two Luger Pistol and Sten submachine gun were both lost in June 2023. In July 2023 an SA80 rife was also lost, along with a deactivated World War One German machine gun the ...

A deactivated World War Two Luger Pistol and Sten submachine gun were both lost in June 2023. In July 2023 an SA80 rife was also lost, along with a deactivated World War One German machine gun the ...

was a deactivated World War Two Luger Pistol and Sten submachine gun, which were both lost in June 2023. A deactivated World War One German machine gun was stolen in August 2023 and an SA80 rifle ...

While the machine gun dating from the First World War was subsequently recovered, the Luger pistol and a Sten gun, both from the Second World War, are still thought to be lost. A total of 744 ...

The data for the lost or stolen firearms last year showed two lost WWII-era guns (a Luger pistol and Sten Gun), a WW1 machine gun (lost and subsequently found), and a stolen Glock pistol yet to be ...

The silencer for the Sten gun was first developed in 1942, and was put into action in 1943. It meant that the gun could be used without alerting the enemy to small-arms fire in the vicinty.