Hmm, I suppose the British girl could do *some* damage by throwing her loaded submachine gun, but that *might* not be the right approach. You'd probably be better off using it as a melee weapon, so you could at least get more than one hit in.

Also I'm not sure if the Soviet girl is holding an anti-tank grenade or a bottle of some sort...

Shinjidude said:

Hmm, I suppose the British girl could do *some* damage by throwing her loaded submachine gun, but that *might* not be the right approach. You'd probably be better off using it as a melee weapon, so you could at least get more than one hit in.

Also I'm not sure if the Soviet girl is holding an anti-tank grenade or a bottle of some sort...

It's a molotov
During WW2 in the early fights against the Germans, especially against tanks, they would improvise by throwing them on the engine area to burn out the engine or at the view ports to blind them. They did have AT grenades but a lot of the times, if not most of the time, there was supply shortage.

stealth42blade said:

It's a molotov
During WW2 in the early fights against the Germans, especially against tanks, they would improvise by throwing them on the engine area to burn out the engine or at the view ports to blind them. They did have AT grenades but a lot of the times, if not most of the time, there was supply shortage.

Ah, interesting. I had thought of that, but I always thought Molotov cocktails used burning rags as fuses, and didn't see one here. I guess this is the OG version with a "storm match" for ignitor which I hadn't seen before. TIL. Thanks!

stealth42blade said:

It's a molotov
During WW2 in the early fights against the Germans, especially against tanks, they would improvise by throwing them on the engine area to burn out the engine or at the view ports to blind them. They did have AT grenades but a lot of the times, if not most of the time, there was supply shortage.

LOL NO Molotov. Soviets hated the fact they always found bottles of schnapps instead of their beloved vodka among the German stuff they left while fleeing westward... and the cheap Sten had a tendency to fail and have stoppages or misfeeds if you did hold the magazine in the middle of a firefight. Also it did not have any proper rear grip.

The Sten pictured propably has a stoppage: The cocking lever is almost to the front, but the cartridge is still visible. The bolt failed to close and feed a cartridge.

Shinjidude said:

Hmm, I suppose the British girl could do *some* damage by throwing her loaded submachine gun, but that *might* not be the right approach. You'd probably be better off using it as a melee weapon, so you could at least get more than one hit in.

Also I'm not sure if the Soviet girl is holding an anti-tank grenade or a bottle of some sort...

The early STEN smgs were known for jamming discharges thus firing the entire mag with no way to stop. It's funny in retrospect not so much irl