Sten MkII

Sten MkII

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Sten MkII 29
Gun Information
Full name	Carbine, Machine, STEN, 9mm
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield, Birmingham Small Arms Company, ROF Fazakerley, ROF Maltby, ROF Theale, Berkshire, Lines Brothers Ltd, Long Branch Canada (plus numerous sub-contractors making individual parts), Various Underground Resistance Group Factories.
Game Information
Faction	Griffin & Kryuger
Manufactured / Revised by	I.O.P.
Voice actor	Daimon Kami
Artist	真名
Released on	CN (司登MkII) (2016-5), TW (司登MkII), KR (스텐 Mk.II), EN (STEN MkII), JP (ステンMK-II)
Chibi Animation
Variant: Default Reciprocated Love [Neural Upgrade] Who Moved My Candy Click the marked area to switch between animations. For details regarding animations, please see Animations on the Wiki.

How to obtain

NORMALHEAVY Timer 1:40:00. See T-Doll Production for details.

DROP Can be obtained from many battle stages from Chapter 1-6 onward.

REWARD Rewarded to players after completing chapter 1-1 for the first time.

Exclusive Equipment

STEN Suppressor

Sten Exoskeleton

Union Skill

There is no union skill for this T-Doll.

Stats / Data

Stats

Health  Health	Health  Ammo	Health  Ration
93(x1) → 185(x1) / 925(x5)	25(x1) / 85(x5)	20(x1) / 60(x5)

Damage  Damage	9 → 26	Evasion  Evasion	9 → 75
Accuracy  Accuracy	2 → 15	Rate of Fire  Rate of Fire	52 → 78
Movement Speed  Move Speed	12	Armor  Armor	0
Critical Hit Rate  Crit. Rate	5%	Critical Hit Damage  Crit. Damage	50%
Armor Penetration  Armor Pen.	15

Equipment

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to other Dolls of the same type.

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to every other Doll.

Tiles

Affects assault rifles

Increases accuracy by 10%

Increases evasion by 30%

Skill1

name	Hand Grenade
icon	Grenade
text	Throws a grenade that deals ($damage_value)x damage to enemies within a 2.5 unit radius.
initial	3
cooldown	20	19.6	19.1	18.7	18.2	17.8	17.3	16.9	16.4	16
damage_value	2	2.4	2.9	3.3	3.8	4.2	4.7	5.1	5.6	6

	name of skill here

 

Health  Health	Health  Ammo	Health  Ration
93(x1) → 193(x1) / 965(x5)	25(x1) / 85(x5)	20(x1) / 60(x5)

Damage  Damage	9 → 29	Evasion  Evasion	9 → 77
Accuracy  Accuracy	2 → 16	Rate of Fire  Rate of Fire	52 → 86
Movement Speed  Move Speed	12	Armor  Armor	0
Critical Hit Rate  Crit. Rate	5%	Critical Hit Damage  Crit. Damage	50%
Armor Penetration  Armor Pen.	15

Equipment

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to other Dolls of the same type.

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to every other Doll.

Tiles

Affects assault rifles

Increases accuracy by 30%

Increases evasion by 40%

Skill1

name	Hand Grenade
icon	Grenade
text	Throws a grenade that deals ($damage_value)x damage to enemies within a 2.5 unit radius.
initial	3
cooldown	20	19.6	19.1	18.7	18.2	17.8	17.3	16.9	16.4	16
damage_value	2.2	2.7	3.2	3.6	4.1	4.6	5.1	5.5	6	6.5

	name of skill here

 

Health  Health	Health  Ammo	Health  Ration
93(x1) → 194(x1) / 970(x5)	25(x1) / 85(x5)	20(x1) / 60(x5)

Damage  Damage	9 → 29	Evasion  Evasion	9 → 78
Accuracy  Accuracy	2 → 17	Rate of Fire  Rate of Fire	52 → 86
Movement Speed  Move Speed	12	Armor  Armor	0
Critical Hit Rate  Crit. Rate	5%	Critical Hit Damage  Crit. Damage	50%
Armor Penetration  Armor Pen.	15

Equipment

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to other Dolls of the same type.

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to every other Doll.

Tiles

Affects assault rifles

Increases accuracy by 30%

Increases evasion by 40%

Skill1

name	Hand Grenade
icon	Grenade
text	Throws a grenade that deals ($damage_value)x damage to enemies within a 2.5 unit radius.
initial	3
cooldown	20	19.6	19.1	18.7	18.2	17.8	17.3	16.9	16.4	16
damage_value	2.2	2.7	3.2	3.6	4.1	4.6	5.1	5.5	6	6.5

name	Valiant Shield
icon	StenMK2
text	6 seconds after the battle begins, deploys a damage reducing shield in front of her that reduces all incoming damage by ($dmg_reduction)%, lasting for ($duration) seconds.
initial	6
cooldown	20	19.6	19.1	18.7	18.2	17.8	17.3	16.9	16.4	16
dmg_reduction	20	22	23	25	27	28	30	31	33	35
duration	3	3.2	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.6	4.8	5

	name of skill here

 

Health  Health	Health  Ammo	Health  Ration
93(x1) → 195(x1) / 975(x5)	25(x1) / 85(x5)	20(x1) / 60(x5)

Damage  Damage	9 → 29	Evasion  Evasion	9 → 79
Accuracy  Accuracy	2 → 17	Rate of Fire  Rate of Fire	52 → 86
Movement Speed  Move Speed	12	Armor  Armor	0
Critical Hit Rate  Crit. Rate	5%	Critical Hit Damage  Crit. Damage	50%
Armor Penetration  Armor Pen.	15

Equipment

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to other Dolls of the same type.

Ranking of this Doll's specs relative to every other Doll.

Tiles

Affects assault rifles

Increases accuracy by 30%

Increases evasion by 40%

Skill1

name	Hand Grenade
icon	Grenade
text	Throws a grenade that deals ($damage_value)x damage to enemies within a 2.5 unit radius.
initial	3
cooldown	20	19.6	19.1	18.7	18.2	17.8	17.3	16.9	16.4	16
damage_value	2.2	2.7	3.2	3.6	4.1	4.6	5.1	5.5	6	6.5

name	Valiant Shield
icon	StenMK2
text	6 seconds after the battle begins, deploys a damage reducing shield in front of her that reduces all incoming damage by ($dmg_reduction)%, lasting for ($duration) seconds.
initial	6
cooldown	20	19.6	19.1	18.7	18.2	17.8	17.3	16.9	16.4	16
dmg_reduction	20	22	23	25	27	28	30	31	33	35
duration	3	3.2	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.6	4.8	5

	name of skill here

 

Weapon Background

The STEN, or Sten gun, is the name given to a family of blowback-operated British submachine guns chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum. They were used extensively by both British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. The word "Sten" is an acronym, and was created from the names of the weapon's chief designers: the "S" comes from Major Reginald V. Shepherd, the "T" from Harold J. Turpin, and the "En" stands for the Enfield factory. All models of Sten gun had a simple design and a very low production cost, making them effective insurgency weapons for resistance groups, and they continue to see usage to this day by irregular military forces. The Sten gun served as the basis for the later Sterling submachine gun, which replaced the Sten in British service until the 1980s, when it and all other submachine guns were replaced by the SA80 family of assault rifles.

The Sten was created during a time of desperation. The British military had suffered great materiel losses during the evacuation at Dunkirk, and needed a submachine gun that could be quickly manufactured to help resupply their armed forces. At the time, the British had been purchasing large quantities of Thompson submachine guns from the United States. However, Thompsons were time-consuming and expensive to produce, being anywhere from $70-200 per unit. As a result, the Thompson, while it was an effective weapon, simply could not be produced fast enough. And so, the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield was commissioned to design an alternative submachine gun.

The design of the Sten gun is credited to Major Reginald V. Shepherd and Mr. Harold John Turpin. Major Shepherd was the inspector of armaments in the Ministry of Supply Design Department at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, while Turpin was the Senior Draughtsman of the Design Department at Enfield. The design they came up with shared many design elements, such as the side-mounted magazine, with the Lanchester (an earlier submachine gun design that was essentially a British copy of the German MP28). Unlike the Lanchester, however, the Sten was designed to be as cheap and easy to produce as possible. To this end, the Sten was built primarily of simple stamped metal components and required only minor welding, which meant minimal machining and manufacturing was needed to build one. In terms of mechanical operation, the Sten was also incredibly simple. The Sten was a blowback-operated submachine gun firing from an open bolt, with a fixed firing pin on the face of the bolt. This means the bolt remains to the rear when the weapon is cocked, and upon pulling the trigger the bolt moves forward from spring pressure, stripping the round from the magazine, chambering it, and firing the weapon all in the same movement. There is no breech locking mechanism, so the rearward movement of the bolt caused by the recoil impulse is arrested only by the mainspring and the bolt's inertia. The German ^SMG MP40MP40MP40, Soviet ^SMG PPS-43PPS-43PPS-43, and US ^SMG M3M3M3 submachine guns were all made with a similar design philosophy to that of the Sten: simple to make, easy to maintain, and cheap to produce.

The Sten gun was known to suffer from a number of design faults. Stoppages were not uncommon, and could occur for a variety of reasons, with some as a result of poor maintenance and others being particular to the Sten. Carbon buildup on the face of the breech or debris in the bolt raceway could cause a failure to fire, while a dirty chamber could cause a failure to feed. Firing the Sten by grasping the magazine with the supporting hand tended to wear the magazine catch, altering the angle of feed and causing a failure to feed. Additional problems stemmed from the Sten's magazines, which were direct copies of the ones used in the German MP-40. A Sten magazine had two columns of 9mm cartridges in a staggered arrangement, merging at the top to form a single column. While other staggered magazines, such as the ones used in the Thompson, fed from both the left and right side alternately, the Sten's magazines required the cartridges to gradually merge at the top of the magazine to form a single column. As a consequence, any dirt or foreign matter in this taper area could cause feed malfunctions. Additionally, the walls of the magazine lip had to endure the full stresses of the rounds being pushed in by the spring. This, along with rough handling of the gun, could result in deformation of the magazine lips (which were required to be at a precise 8° angle in order to operate properly), resulting in misfeeding or a failure to fire. The slot on the side of the body where the charging handle ran was also a target of criticism, as the long opening could allow foreign objects to enter into the internals of the gun. The open bolt design of the Sten, combined with its cheap manufacture and rudimentary safety, also meant that the weapon was prone to accidental discharges, which proved especially hazardous. A simple safety could be engaged while the bolt was in the rearwards (cocked) position. However, if a loaded Sten with the bolt in the closed position was dropped, or the butt was knocked against the ground, the bolt could move far enough rearward to pick up a round (but not far enough to be engaged by the trigger mechanism) and the spring pressure could be enough to chamber and fire the round.

The STEN would see various improvements following its adoption in 1941. The first model of Sten gun produced, the Mk.I, featured a conical flash hider, a wooden grip on the stock, and a wooden front grip that could be folded up under the barrel. Only about 100,000 Mk.I Stens were produced before the far simpler Mk.II design was implemented. The Mk.II was the most common version of the Sten gun used by British forces, with around 2 million units produced. The foregrip and flash hider from the earlier Mk.I were removed, and a simplified stock design was introduced. The simplification of the Sten gun design would culminate in the Mk.III, which would end up being the 2nd most produced variant, as well as the version in use by the time of the Normandy landings. The Sten, especially the Mk.II, tended to attract affection and loathing in equal measure. Its peculiar appearance when compared to other firearms of the era, combined with sometimes questionable reliability, made it unpopular with some front-line troops. However, a well-maintained (and properly functioning) Sten gun was a devastating close-range weapon for sections previously armed only with bolt-action rifles. In addition to regular British and Commonwealth military service, Sten guns were air-dropped in large numbers to resistance fighters and partisans throughout occupied Europe. Due to their slim profile and ease of disassembly/reassembly, they were good for concealment and guerrilla warfare.

The Sten, even with all its faults, served through the Second World War and into the Korean War. The Sten was eventually replaced by the Sterling submachine gun in 1953, and began to be gradually withdrawn from British service beginning in the 1960s. Other Commonwealth nations followed suit, either by creating their own replacements for the Sten, such as the Australians with their F1 submachine gun, or by adopting foreign designs. The Sten does continue to occasionally show up in the hands of insurgents, militias, and irregular military forces.

Character Design

A short T-doll around 130-140cm in height (when using her weapon for scale), Sten has golden eyes and medium length blonde hair tightened in twin ponies.

As the artist for Sten, 真名, revealed through a series of Weibo posts, Sten's original concept design evoked the character of Little Red Riding Hood. Aspects of the final design came about through the advisement of ^SMG Beretta Model 38Beretta Model 38Beretta Model 38's artist ALLENES, who suggested that they "Give her a little red hat". By a 'red hat', ALLENES apparently meant a red beret.

Due to her weapon being meant as a cheap alternative due to lack of funding, 真名's second draft of Sten's design saw her sporting a plain grey dress, similar to Cinderella's.

Finally, 真名 settled on a feminized version of the traditional English working class outfit of the era: a suspension-belt skirt, red jacket, the aforementioned red beret, and a white shirt.

Gallery

Main artwork

Gallery consisting of artworks used primarily in-game. For information on how to obtain certain costumes, see Skin Catalogue.

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  Profile image
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  Full artwork
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  Full damaged artwork
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  Neural Upgrade profile image
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  Neural Upgrade full artwork
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  Neural Upgrade full damage artwork
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  "Reciprocated Love" artwork
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  "Reciprocated Love" damaged artwork
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  "Who Moved My Candy" artwork
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  "Who Moved My Candy" damaged artwork

Alternative artwork

Alternate gallery consisting of artworks with slight alterations as well as miscellaneous artworks.

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  Full damaged artwork (Censored)
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  "Reciprocated Love" damaged artwork (EN Censorship)
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  "Warning! Monsters Incoming!" Login wallpaper illustrated by ???.

Trivia

• The Sten gun first saw action in the Dieppe raid with Canadian forces. Weeks prior to the scheduled raid, the first issuing of the Sten gun to the Dieppe Raiders occurred, and the Canadian soldiers quickly found out about the Sten's numerous quirks and faults. So, during the weeks leading up to the raid, the Canadians spent a great deal of time fixing, filing, and adjusting their weapons' to fix faults. By the end of this period, the Canadians had managed to transform their Stens into fully battle-worthy guns. However, when the raid was cancelled in July, the Canadians' modified STENs were withdrawn. When the raid was later un-cancelled and rescheduled, the Canadian forces received brand-new Sten guns, crated and packed in grease. These new guns were very much useless to the troops, as they still had the very common manufacturing defects which the Canadians had corrected weeks prior with their previously issued guns. This situation obviously disgusted many of the troops. The Dieppe raid was a catastrophic failure, seeing 3.6 thousand of the 6000 predominantly Canadian soldiers being killed, wounded, or captured due to extremely poor British leadership.
• As a reference to a joke told by Allied troops regarding the Sten's tendency to accidentally discharge when dropped, one of the official 4Coma comics of Girls' Frontline drawn by AC-130 depicts ^RF Lee-EnfieldLee-EnfieldLee-Enfield throwing Sten's weapon like a grenade at a group of enemy patrols to drive them away.
• The Sten Mk. II was one of the weapons used by Jozef Gabčík, the leader of the Czechoslovakian SOE team tasked with assassinating SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Unfortunately, in line with the STEN's famous unreliability issues, the firearm jammed at the crucial moment. Seeing this, another member of the group, Jan Kubiš, proceeded to toss a modified anti-tank grenade into Heydrich's car after Heydrich ordered the driver to stop so he could shoot Gabčík. The resulting explosion severely injured Heydrich, and several months later those injuries caused him to enter a coma he never awoke from. Both Gabčík and Kubiš later died after a 6 hour long gunfight against the SS at a cathedral in Prague along with the rest of the paratrooper team that was inserted by the SOE.
  • Sten's in-game skill, a hand grenade, is allegedly a tribute to Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš' actions during the war.
• Captured Sten Mk. II submachine guns were redesigned by the Germans, and designated the MP 3008(or Gerät Neumünster). The MP 3008 shared the same receiver design as the Sten, but changed the location of the magazine. The MP 3008 was used by the Fallschirmjägers (German paratroopers) and the Volksturm because of its reliability and cheaper maintenance cost than its counterpart the MP 40.
• Following her neural upgrade, Sten switches over to using a Mk.IIS, an integrally suppressed version of the Sten produced at the request of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for use in clandestine operations in occupied Europe.
• The poster for Sten's "Reciprocated Love" costume is hanging on the wall in episode 6 of the 2022 Girls' Frontline anime adaptation.