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The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG). It was tested by the British Army in 1944–1945, but did not start to replace the Sten until 1953. A successful and reliable design, it remained standard issue in the British Army until 1994, [18] when it began to be replaced by the L85A1, a bullpup assault rifle.
The Lanchester is a submachine gun ("machine carbine") manufactured by the Sterling Armaments Company between 1941 and 1945. It is an evolution from MP28/II and was manufactured in two versions, Mk.1 and Mk.1*; the latter was a simplified version of the original Mk.1, with no fire selector and simplified sights.
The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War.It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be introduced into service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the war (the earlier Handley Page V/1500 being a WWI design that served during the 1920s).
The Sterling Engineering Company Ltd was an arms manufacturer based in Dagenham, famous for manufacturing the Sterling submachine gun (L2A3), ArmaLite AR-18 and Sterling SAR-87 assault rifles and parts of Jaguar cars. The company went bankrupt in 1988.
However, the Patchett Machine Carbine Mk 1. made by the Sterling Armaments Company which had been trialled during the war was chosen and as the Sterling submachine gun entered service in 1953. However, there was another contender which was also made by BSA. The "Experimental Machine Carbine, 1949" (EMC).
The British military switched to Land Service or "L" number ("LXA1/A2/A3/etc.") designations in 1954, [1] but items such as the No. 8 Mk 1 0.22in Rifle, [2] [3] [4] No. 80 Mk 1 White Phosphorus Smoke Hand Grenade, [5] No. 1 Mk 3 6 Inch Beehive Demolition Charge, [6] [7] and No. 14 Mk 1 11 lb Hayrick Demolition Charge [8] continued to be ...
Mk 1 grenade; Mk 2 grenade; Mk 3 grenade; No.5, No.23 and No.36 (Also known as "Mills") Viven-Bessières M1916 rifle grenade; Mortars. Livens Projector; Newton 6-inch mortar; Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2; Stokes mortar; Support guns. Puteaux 37mm M1915
7.00mm Mk 1 Z: Ammunition belt United Kingdom: 1951 Type 1 heavy machine gun: 7.70×58mm Arisaka: Feed Strip Japan: 1941 Type 2 machine gun: 13×64mmB: Ammunition belt Japan: 1942 Type 3 heavy machine gun: Koishikawa Arsenal: 6.50×50mm Arisaka: Feed Strip Japan: 1914 Type 11 light machine gun: 6.50×50mm Arisaka: Hopper Japan: 1922 Type 67 ...