Description[]
The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun. It was trialed with the British Army in 1944-1945 as replacement for the Sten but it did not start to replace the Sten until 1953. To meet the new requirement for a new submachine gun, George William Patchett, the chief designer at the Sterling Armaments Company of Dagenham submitted a sample weapon of new design in early 1944. The army quickly recognised its potential (i.e. significantly increased accuracy and reliability when compared to the Sten) and ordered 120 examples for trials. Towards the end of the Second World War, some of these trial samples were used in combat by airborne troops at Arnhem and elsewhere, where it was known as thePatchett submachine gun. Given that the Patchett/Sterling can use straight Sten submachine gun magazines as well as the curved Sterling design, there were no interoperability problems. The suppressed version is L34A1. It remained in use until 1994, when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1 assault rifle.
The Canadian Army has C1 Submachine Gun which they adopted in 1958.
In game use[]
Gurkhas and Gurkhas 90s
MAW as C1
Paratroopers
Canadian Pioneers as C1
NSAS as L43A1
SBS as L43A1
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