The Sterling Submachine Gun

by Matthew Moss

Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small-arms engineer, George Patchett, the submachine gun that eventually became known as the Sterling was developed during World War II. Some suggest it first saw action during Operation Infatuate with No. 4 Commando, before becoming fully adopted by the British Army in 1953 as the Sterling Machine Carbine (L2A1).

It was center stage for many of Britain's post-colonial conflicts from Malaya to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472828089
• ISBN13: 9781472828088
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.6"