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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 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. [citation needed]
The CETME C2 (also named the CB-64,) is a Spanish submachine gun based on the British Sterling L2A3. It is an open-bolt, blowback-operated firearm that fires the 9×23mm Largo and 9×19mm Parabellum pistol cartridge.
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 ...
The serial number that was recorded by the Naval History and Heritage Command - UF57A5347 - indicates that this particular weapon was actually manufactured by ROF Fazakerley rather than Sterling. A Sterling-produced weapon would have a serial number beginning with "US" if intended for the British military, or with "KR" (pre-1972) or "S" (post ...
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)
Sterling L2A3/Mark 4 submachine gun [8] L34A1/Mk.5 Sterling-Patchett (sound-suppressed version of the Sterling L2A3) [12] Carl Gustaf m/45 (or its Egyptian-produced version, dubbed the "Port Said") [8] Škorpion vz. 61 [13] [14] [8] Spectre M4 [8] Walther MPL [8] Beretta Model 12 [5] Steyr MPi 69 (Austrian-produced submachine gun similar in ...
L34A1 9mm Submachine Gun (Silenced version of L2A3) [74] L35 L35A1 Shielder Vehicle Launched Scatterable Mine System [87] L35A1/A2 Blue Signal Smoke Hand Grenade [164] [9] L35A1 Battle Sound Simulator [60] [122] [123] L36 L36A1/A2 Green Signal Smoke Hand Grenade [165] L37 L37A1/A2 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun (Variant of L7 GPMG for AFVs ...