Submachine Gun, 9mm, L2A3, Sterling, British, S-N UF57A5347 (NHHC 2002-11-2) (Right side, stock unfolded)

Right side of 9mm L2A3 Sterling submachine gun. Black metal finish with black plastic pistol grip. The stock is extended behind the gun. The British Sterling is a blow-back operated submachine gun firing 9mm cartridges from an open bolt and fed from a 34-round curved box magazine. Designed in 1944 and evaluated in combat as the Patchett Machine Carbine Mk 1, the Sterling was intended to replace the Sten submachine gun then in use. Although the combat trials of the Sterling were successful, the end of World War II and the large number of available Stens kept the Sterling from being adopted by the British Army until 1953. The Sterling was a very successful and reliable weapon that lasted in service with British forces until 1988 when it was replaced by the SA80 family of weapons. Like its predecessor the Sten, the Sterling is built primarily of stamped steel components. The receiver is a tubular design with an integral perforated barrel sleeve giving it a unique appearance. The magazine feeds from the left side of the receiver with an ejection port on the opposite side. A slot for the charging handle is on the top right rear side of the receiver housing. An angled pistol grip with bl

Date

2024

Photographer / author

Unidentified US Naval History and Heritage Command photographer

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

image

Original size

1,280 × 386 pixels

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