The modern Sten, Pleter 91 Submachine gunDuring the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Croatian War for I

The modern Sten, Pleter 91 Submachine gunDuring the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Croatian War for Independence, the newly formed Croatian military needed a large supply of weapons, fast.  The problem was that the entire region was placed on a weapons embargo, so the Croatians would have to turn to their own ingenuity for arms.So what design would a besieged people short on resources turn to.  Why the Sten Submachine gun of course.  The Sten was a simple design famous for use by the British and resistance fighters during World War II.  The Croatians used the design to produce an smg they called the Pleter 91.  The Pleter 91 used the exact same type of mechanism as the Sten, an open bolt blow back action.  It also fired the 9mm para cartridge.  The biggest difference was the Pleter was turned on its side and a pistol grip was added, making it more in line with modern designs.  As a result of the empty cartridges were ejected from the top rather than the side and the magazine pointed downward.  The other interesting aspect of its design is that they were built to accept Uzi magazines, which would have been much more common the Sten magazines.  The reciever was made of stamped metal, just like the Sten, and the pistol grip was made of plastic.  It also included a collapsible wire stock.  The interesting SMG’s were made at a factory called OROPLET.  It is unknown how many were made, and most were destroyed after the war, so they are very rare today. -- source link

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