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==Film==
==Film==
* Turkish soldiers in ''[[Midnight Express]]'' (1978)
* Turkish soldiers in ''[[Midnight Express]]'' (1978)
* [[Jack Watson]] as RSM Sandy Young in ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978)


* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Philip Calvert in ''[[When Eight Bells Toll]]'' (1971)
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Philip Calvert in ''[[When Eight Bells Toll]]'' (1971)

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Sterling Mk. IV Submachine Gun - 9x19mm
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Sterling Mk. IV Submachine Gun - 9x19mm
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Sterling Patchett Suppressed version - 9x19mm
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CETME C2 submachine gun - 9x23mm Largo
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FAMAE PAF - 9x19mm. Chilean copy of the Sterling submachine gun with external differences such as the retractable wire stock and the lack of the barrel shroud.
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Sterling L2A3 - 9x19mm


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

(1953 – Present)

Type: Submachinegun

Caliber: 9x19mm Parabellum

Capacity: 34 round box magazine

Fire Modes: Fully Automatic (550 RPM)

Film

  • Exterminators in Zardoz (1974)
  • Imperial Stormtroopers in the original Star Wars trilogy (as the "BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle")
  • Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp as Ronnie and Reggie Kray in The Krays
  • The 7-11 Criminal in RoboCop (Sterling Mark 6 Carbine)
  • Soldiers in Power Play (1978) (Canadian-manufactured C1 variant)

Video Games

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
The Professionals . Various characters Different configurations 1977-1981

Anime

Animation