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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 STEN (or Sten gun) is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and during the Korean War. The Sten paired a simple design with a low production cost, facilitating mass production to meet the demand for submachine guns.
Sten [11] – Used very early on, replaced in 1960; Sterling submachine gun [12] – Main submachine gun; Grenades. Mills bomb [13] – In use until the 1970s;
The "Experimental Machine Carbine, 1949" (EMC). Chambered in the same 9 mm Parabellum cartridge as the Sten with a side-mounted 32-round box magazine, shared by the Sten and later the Sterling. The EMC used blowback action but cycled, faster than the Sterling and all of the earlier Sten variants, at 600 rounds per minute.
During World War II, engineers George Lanchester and George William Patchett oversaw the manufacture of the Lanchester submachine gun. Patchett afterwards went on to design the Patchett machine carbine which, after a competitive trial in 1947, was adopted by the British Army in 1953 as the L2A1 Sterling submachine gun, replacing the Sten gun ...
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A Sterling L2A3 (Mark 4) submachine gun.ROF Fazakerley manufactured 164,000 Sterlings between 1956 and 1960, after which production of the weapon ended permanently. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee–Enfield rifle during and after World ...
L2A1 (UK - Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum: Sterling Submachine Gun Variant) L2A2 (UK - Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum) L2A3 (UK - Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum) L34A1 (UK - Integrally Suppressed Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum) L50A1 (UK - Submachine Gun - 9×19mm Parabellum: Sten Mk II Variant)