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[[Image:SWE11br.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Sterling L2A3 submachine gun dressed up as a BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle from the original ''Star Wars'' Trilogy]] | [[Image:SWE11br.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Sterling L2A3 submachine gun dressed up as a BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle from the original ''Star Wars'' Trilogy]] | ||
The Sterling submachine gun is a British sub machine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1953 until 1988 when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1. It is still manufactured and used by India as the 'Sub Machine Gun 1A1' alongside the silenced 2A1 variant. The Sterling submachine gun is/was copied in Chile as the FAMAE PAF but has a retractable wire stock and lacks the barrel shroud. Another variant of the Sterling SMG is the CETME C2 of Spanish origin recognized by its improved handgrip and ability to chamber 9mm Largo rounds. In the 1980s, a semiautomatic version was sold to the American general public - the Sterling Mark 6 which was a closed bolt semiautomatic version with a minimum legal length 16" barrel, commonly called the Sterling 9mm Carbine. These were used in movies and television shows (sometimes with the barrel cut down and legally converted to full auto fire). A pistol version of the Mark 6 was sold - the Sterling Mark 7, which had no folding stock and a 4" barrel. The full auto version of the Mark 7 had a forward pistol grip and a folding stock. | The Sterling submachine gun is a British sub machine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1953 until 1988 when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1. It is still manufactured and used by India as the 'Sub Machine Gun 1A1' alongside the silenced 2A1 variant. The Sterling submachine gun is/was copied in Chile as the FAMAE PAF but has a retractable wire stock and lacks the barrel shroud. Another variant of the Sterling SMG is the CETME C2 of Spanish origin recognized by its improved handgrip and ability to chamber 9mm Largo rounds. In the 1980s, a semiautomatic version was sold to the American general public - the Sterling Mark 6 which was a closed bolt semiautomatic version with a minimum legal length 16" barrel, commonly called the Sterling Mk 6 9mm Carbine. These were used in movies and television shows (sometimes with the barrel cut down and legally converted to full auto fire). A pistol version of the Mark 6 was sold - the Sterling Mark 7, which had no folding stock and a 4" barrel. The full auto version of the Mark 7 had a forward pistol grip and a folding stock. | ||
==Specifications == | ==Specifications == | ||
Revision as of 08:41, 28 September 2009
The Sterling submachine gun is a British sub machine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1953 until 1988 when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1. It is still manufactured and used by India as the 'Sub Machine Gun 1A1' alongside the silenced 2A1 variant. The Sterling submachine gun is/was copied in Chile as the FAMAE PAF but has a retractable wire stock and lacks the barrel shroud. Another variant of the Sterling SMG is the CETME C2 of Spanish origin recognized by its improved handgrip and ability to chamber 9mm Largo rounds. In the 1980s, a semiautomatic version was sold to the American general public - the Sterling Mark 6 which was a closed bolt semiautomatic version with a minimum legal length 16" barrel, commonly called the Sterling Mk 6 9mm Carbine. These were used in movies and television shows (sometimes with the barrel cut down and legally converted to full auto fire). A pistol version of the Mark 6 was sold - the Sterling Mark 7, which had no folding stock and a 4" barrel. The full auto version of the Mark 7 had a forward pistol grip and a folding stock.
Specifications
Weight 2.72 kg
Length 690 mm (483 mm folded stock)
Barrel length 198 mm
Cartridge 9x19mm Parabellum
Rate of fire ~ 550 round/min
Feed system 34 round box magazine
Film
- Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword during the boat chase "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
- Rod Taylor as Capt. Bruce Curry and Jim Brown as Sgt. Ruffo in Dark Of The Sun
- Alex Hyde White as Jim Ferguson and Neil Dickson as James Bigglesworth in Biggles: Adventures in Time
- Imperial Stormtroopers in the original Star Wars trilogy (as the "BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle")
- Jack Watson as RSM Sandy Young in The Wild Geese
- Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp as Ronnie and Reggie Kray in The Krays
- Chris Penn as Lt Crawford in Return from the River Kwai
- The Business (CETME C2)
- George Lazenby as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Chinese assassins, Tiger Tanaka's ninjas and SPECTRE in You Only Live Twice
- Dual-Mounted on Zigesfeld's Quadbike handlebars in Teen Agent
- The 7-11 Criminal in RoboCop - (Civilian semi-auto variant with legal 16" barrel, the Sterling Mk 6 Carbine.)
- Roger Moore as James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me
- Double Team - (Chilean manufactured FAMAE PAF variant)
- Government Soldiers in Blood Diamond
- Ugandan soldiers in Last King of Scotland
- Michael Caine as Harry Palmer in " The Ipcress File "
Video Games
- No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In HARM's Way - referred to as the Gordon SMG
- Silent Storm: Sentinels (standard, silenced & para versions)