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 .

It includes Submachine guns (SMG), Machine pistols (MP), Personal defense weapon systems (PDW), and "compact submachine gun-like weapons" not easily categorized. Weapons may fit in more than one category.

Lanchester submachine gun – British submachine gun, developed from the German MP28, used by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. Sten – simple design, low-cost British submachine gun in service from late 1941 to the end of the war. Around four million produced.

Aug 12, 2024 · The first SMG built in the UK during WWII was the Lanchester, which was based on the German MP28. Most of these SMGs went to the Royal Navy. It influenced the designs of the Sten and the Sterling, with some left-over parts later being used on the Sterling.

Mar 12, 2017 · Great Britain was one of the few countries that went into World War Two having undertaken virtually no submachine gun (SMG) development. Not every country had issued an SMG by 1939, but almost all major military powers had been working on experimental concepts.

Nov 21, 2018 · It saw action in more than 40 conflicts, was adopted by more than a dozen countries and remained in front-line service for nearly 60 years. The Sterling was developed at the tail end of World War...

The Sterling is a pressed-steel open bolt selective-fire 9mm SMG of superlative design. The bolt features spiral cuts to clear battlefield crud from the action and the side-mounted magazine allows for a low profile when firing from the prone.

Known in the British Army as L2A3 SMG or as the Sterling Mk.4, it served with British army until early 1990s, when, with the introduction of the L85A1 assault rifle, it was finally replaced. Nearly 400,000 Sterling SMG's were produced between 1953 and the late 1980's.

The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1944 until 1994, when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1 assault rifle. In 1944 the British General Staff issued a specification for a new submachine gun.

Silenced version of the Sterling, oficially labelled as L34A1, replaced in service the older STEN Mark 6 silenced. The Sterling SMG had a high reputation among the troops due to extreme reliability and good accuracy. Sten Mk 3 - Mk 4 did not go into production.