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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.
L1A1/A2 9mm Magazine (Magazine for use with the L2 submachine gun; L1A1 magazines were manufactured by Sterling while L1A2 magazines were variously manufactured by ROF Fazakerley, Royal Laboratories Woolwich, Rolls Razor, and Mettoy) [61]
FN MAG [10] – Main British ... Sten [11] – Used very early on, replaced in 1960; Sterling submachine gun [12] – Main submachine gun; Grenades. Mills bomb [13 ...
By 1945, Germany was seeking a cheaper replacement for the MP40 submachine gun to issue to the Volkssturm. Mauser produced a modified Sten, named the MP 3008. [44] The main difference was that the magazine attached below the weapon. Altogether, roughly 10,000 were produced in early 1945, just before the end of World War II. [45] Australia
It shares many design features with the British Sterling submachine gun. Unlike both the Sterling and its predecessor, the Owen, the F1 has a removable wooden butt and pistol grip. A curved, detachable 34-round box magazine is inserted in a magazine housing on top of the barrel, similar to the earlier Owen gun. It used the same magazine as the ...
DUX submachine gun: Oviedo Military Arsenal 9×19mm Parabellum Spain: 1953 SMG EDDA submachine gun: Only one prototype made .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire Argentina: 1970s SMG EMP 44: Erma Werke: 9×19mm Parabellum Germany: 1944 SMG Erma EMP: Erma Werke: 9×19mm Parabellum 9×23mm Largo 7.63×25mm Mauser Germany: 1931 SMG ETVS submachine gun
Royal Air Force officer with 1958 pattern holster. A standard set of 1958 Pattern webbing as issued to most British personnel consisted of a belt, a yoke that supported the attachment of a shovel or pick, two ammunition pouches to carry magazines for the L1A1 self-loading rifle, Sterling submachine gun, or L4A1-A9 machine gun, linked 7.62mm ammunition for the L7A1/A2 general-purpose machine ...
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.