Sterling submachine gun

Sterling submachine gun

 

Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War II Suez crisis Aden Emergency Borneo Confrontation Cold War Vietnam War Falklands War Northern Ireland Gulf War (final batch)
Production history
Designed	1944
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Weight	2.7 kg (empty)
Length	686 mm (481 mm folded stock)
Barrel length	196 mm
Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum 7.62×51mm NATO (Battle Rifle variant)
Action	Blowback Lever-delayed blowback (Battle Rifle variant)
Rate of fire	550 round/min
Effective range	200 m (50–100 m suppressed)
Feed system	34 round box magazine 30 round L4 BREN magazine (Battle Rifle variant)