Sten

The Sten is a British submachine gun featured in Call of Duty, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty: World at War (DS).

Singleplayer
This is the British submachine gun of choice. It is a powerful weapon at close range, akin to the other submachine guns, but is much rarer to find. It is much less common than the German MP40, and both have basically the same stats.

In United Offensive, the player starts the British Sicily mission with a silenced Sten. The silenced Sten looks much different from the regular Sten, with more detail, and what looks like a much larger, "chunkier" looking magazine, as well as a partial view of the thin metal stock.

Multiplayer
The weapon is issued to the British team in multiplayer. It is not as accurate as the German MP40, making it best reserved for close quarters, where its damage and firerate compensate for its lower accuracy.

Call of Duty: Finest Hour
The Sten is a decent weapon, with damage about on par with the MP40, although ammo cannot be shared. It is a stable weapon with an easily controlled recoil.

Singleplayer
The Sten is, again, the submachine gun of choice for the British. It still deals a lot of damage in close quarters, capable of killing in just two shots. Its accuracy is good, due to low recoil and rate of fire, but its effectiveness over range is limited due to its lack of damage at extreme ranges.

Multiplayer
This weapon is issued to the British team. It can kill in three bullets at close range or ten at distance. Its low rate of fire and recoil make it a versatile weapon, allowing for limited medium-range combat in addition to close-range. Compared to the Thompson, it has more ammo and slightly better accuracy.

Call of Duty 3
The Sten in this game is almost exactly the same as the previous ones. The only differences are how it is held and the Sten also appears to be weaker in Call of Duty 3.

Call of Duty: Roads to Victory
The Sten is used by both the British and Canadian forces. If the difficulty selected is "Survival", it is replaced by the Bren.

Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)
The Sten (known in game Sten MK II) is one of the five SMGs that appear in game and has the highest rate of fire of all them which compensate the low damage. It is British Army's submachine gun of choice in the DS version and it is once again shown being held by the magazine which is incorrect; it also can't share ammo with the MP-40 which is odd since they both use the same ammunition.In singleplayer most players will often keep the Sten instead of picking up the MP40 because it has a higher rate of fire, and has more damage, however, players will often trade the Sten for the STG-44 in later levels because the STG-44 is more accurate, and does more damage.In multiplayer the Sten is only available for the British faction along the Lanchester Submachine Gun, however the Sten is more used because it has a higher rate of fire and more accurate iron-sights, tough it deals slightly less damage and has more muzzle flash.

Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts
In Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts, the Sten is the submachine gun of choice for the British campaign. It is similar to past versions of the Sten in the series, and appears as a British weapon alongside the Lee-Enfield.

The Sten makes a brief appearance in the level Project Nova, being carried by the British commandos who assault the ship containing the Nova-6 gas. It can be used by the player.

Trivia

 * In Call of Duty 3, the in-game info claims that the Sten can use captured MP-40 ammunition, just like in real life, but this is not possible in the game itself, or any of the other games.
 * The Sten was originally stated to be in World at War, but was dropped before the game was shipped. Its icon for the weapon selection menu and HUD icon are still in the game's files. Also, the icon is that of the Sten with an integrated silencer, and not the normal version seen in other games, which is odd.
 * In Call of Duty 3 the player shifts his hands when moving the Sten up to his shoulder. This is strange because it is depicted to have almost no barrel at all, and the players hand protrudes from the end of the barrel.
 * Because of the way the player grips the magazine, the Sten is always tilted to the left towards the magazine in the players hand, except in Finest Hour. This is the same for the Type 100 in World at War, only that the Type 100 allowed for the magazine to be gripped in such a way.
 * Call of Duty 3 is the only game where the player holds the Sten correctly, by the barrel, and not by the magazine.