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In the course of the Second World War the SD (German security service) began to use already captured British Sten sub-machine guns. Since the weapon proved to be useful for secret and command operations, a replica of the Sten Mk II began to appear in Germany under the name ‘Potsdam’.
In the course of 1944, this easy-to-manufacture weapon was to be mass-produced as a sub-machine gun for the Volkssturm. For this purpose the Sten Mk II was revised by the Mauser company under its designer Vorgrimler, where some defects of the British version were fixed and even the production became easier and cheaper than it already was for this coarsely sluggish weapon.
The most conspicuous modification was the relocation of the magazine to the position below the barrel, typical for German sub-machine guns, instead of the left side of the British original.
Until the end of the war some smaller weapon factories started to produce this simple weapon, whereby the individual models again differed clearly from factory to factory.
The caliber is 9 mm Parabellum, the length 31.3in (79.5 cm), the weight 6.73lb (3.05 kg) and the magazine capacity is 32 cartridges.
First only the top model is in the game as the MP3008 the others are variations that exits. These variations are only cosmetic meaning all 9mm 32 round with the same rate of fire. Given it’s use as a last ditch weapon factories while following the same blueprint did not do so perfectly. No I am not asking for for I am asking for variation. No gunsmith no scopes on thompsons or extra large magazines on the bren. I just think that the m3008 in particular and guns in general could show a little more variety where appropriate.
